FILTERING AND APPLICATION TRIGGERING PLATFORM

摘要

A filtering and application triggering platform may be implemented on a signaling message routing node (100) to decode signaling messages and increase efficiency in subsequent processing of the signaling message. A communications link module on a signaling message routing node receives a signaling message. A first filtering and application triggering module (116) associated with the communication link module (102) extracts predetermined parameters from the signaling message and generates a decode key based on the parameters. The first filtering and application triggering module (116) applies a first triggering rule to the decode key and determines whether to forward or drop the message. If the first filtering and application triggering module (116) determines that the message should be forwarded, the first filtering and application triggering module forwards the message to another processing module (106) within the signaling message routing node. The decode key is forwarded along with the message. The next processing module (106) may extract additional parameters from the message, add the parameters to the decode key, and apply a triggering rule to the modified decode key.