| 摘要 |
A system and method is provided for intelligently selecting a call contr ol server (or call session control functions) from a plurality of call control servers, for processing calls in a telecommunications network. The disclosed method i s an optimal solution for a connectionless packet network which uses a connectionless network protocol such as IP or OSI CLNP. The method uses network addresses as the only basis for assigning loads to different call session control functions. First, a network address translating device (NATD) is provided with a first network address shared by all the call control servers . Then, each call control server's work load is updated periodically, and an appropriate call control server is selected by the NATD for processing at least one packet for a communication transaction. The NATD may then identify a second network address for the selected call control server based on a predetermined load sharing mechanism, and only the first network address of the call control servers is known to the packet.
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