摘要 |
A network element ( 20 ), such as a PDSN or home agent, upon determining ( 11 ) a need to effect a call management operation, then determines ( 12 ) whether to constrain the facilitation of that call management operation. When determining that the call management operation should be constrained, the network element can facilitate ( 14 ) that call management operation while imposing an artificial facilitation constraint. For example, the rate at which the call management operation is executed with respect to a plurality of existing calls can be specified.
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