RESOURCE POOLING IN AN INTERNET PROTOCOL-BASED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

摘要

An ENRP server (124, 130) receives registration information from each of a first pool element (PE) (112) and a second PE (118), wherein the registration information received from each PE includes a same pool handle. The registration information from the first PE further includes a redundancy model. The ENRP server creates a pool (108) that includes both the first and second PEs and adopts, for the pool, the received redundancy model. A pool user (PU) (102) may then access the pool by conveying the pool handle to the ENRP server, and, in response, receiving transport addresses corresponding to the PEs and the redundancy model implemented by the pool. The PU can then access the pool based on the received transport addresses and, when appropriate, the received redundancy model.