DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DATA LOAD BALANCING

摘要

The present invention is related to a method for determining a data traffic load distribution over a network in an IP Multimedia Subsystem, IMS, whereby said network comprises a client source node and at least two server destination nodes. The at least two server destination nodes have a different capacity for handling data transmission requests. The method comprises the steps of - said client source node sending a request for data transmission over the network to the at least two server destination nodes according to a client- server protocol, - each of the at least two server destination nodes transmitting, in response to said request, an indication on the status of its actual capacity, - said client source node exploiting the status indications for deciding on load distribution of the data traffic over the server destination nodes.