EP1436954A2 - Überlastschutz für steuerungseinheiten in kommunikationsnetzen - Google Patents
Überlastschutz für steuerungseinheiten in kommunikationsnetzenInfo
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- EP1436954A2 EP1436954A2 EP02776836A EP02776836A EP1436954A2 EP 1436954 A2 EP1436954 A2 EP 1436954A2 EP 02776836 A EP02776836 A EP 02776836A EP 02776836 A EP02776836 A EP 02776836A EP 1436954 A2 EP1436954 A2 EP 1436954A2
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Definitions
- the ITU-T standard H.323 defines a protocol family for the standardized control of services in multimedia packet networks (in particular IP networks), i.e. of networks in which a plurality of different services can be transmitted. These services, which are implemented in a unified, multimedia environment, are also called 'multimedia applications'.
- multimedia application includes both services such as ordinary telephony (keyword 'Voice over IP (VoIP)'), as well as services such as fax, telephone conference, video conference, video on demand (VoD) and the like.
- the essential network components of the packet-oriented H.323 are endpoints (units that want to use applications such as a PC client), gateways (GW) for the transition to the line-oriented telephone network, multipoint control units (MCU) for controlling conferences and gatekeepers (GK ).
- a gatekeeper controls access to the IP network for all H.323 network components (endpoints, GW, MCU) that belong to its zone.
- the following functions are assigned to a GK:
- the functions 3), 4) and 5) are based on the processing of H.225 call signaling messages. If, due to too many H.225 signaling messages, the gatekeeper becomes overloaded in a certain time interval and messages have to be discarded, many functions of the gatekeeper and consequently many of the services mentioned above no longer or only stand for the end points of its zone limited available.
- Smarter endpoints also help Overload of their (primary) gatekeeper to a second (secondary) gatekeeper assigned to them and thus carry out a dynamic (in contrast to the simpler static) load distribution.
- Each new connection that an endpoint wants to set up (in the picture EP ⁇ ) is first trained by the gatekeeper according to the RAS protocol (Registration, Admission, Status)
- a gatekeeper recognizes overload before the (TCP-based) H.225 messages by evaluating (UDP-based) RAS messages and subsequently reduces the load (e.g. measured as connections in a given time unit).
- the gatekeeper advantageously rejects connection requests that have no prospect of success before the complex signaling and processing of TCP-based H.225 call signaling messages in the network and individual network components occurs, which then occur during the connection establishment rejected for overload would have to be.
- the limit value from which signaling overload is present is defined, for example, as the number of maximum possible connection attempts per second that the gatekeeper can process.
- threshold values are used to reduce connection requests e.g. on a percentage basis.
- the percentage of connections to be rejected can again be freely administered or permanently linked to a threshold value.
- a solution is very flexible, in which the more the connection requests are rejected, the higher the threshold value - i.e. the closer the current signaling load - to a predefined, maximum load.
- the invention describes a simple method for determining the H.225 signaling load of a gatekeeper based on the first UDP-based RAS message ARQ. It also explains how a gatekeeper can reject connection requests in a controlled manner in the event of an overload.
- the invention is event-controlled and thus avoids cyclical processes which could have a negative impact on the processor load of the gatekeeper. Since connection requests in the event of an overload are rejected even before the H.225 Call Setup message is sent, the unsuccessful establishment of TCP connections, which increase the network load and ' important resource cen prove, be avoided.
- FIG. 1 shows an arrangement for carrying out the method according to the invention, which comprises a gatekeeper GK with a database DB and a client EP and a gateway GW,
- FIG. 2 shows a table with threshold-dependent connection rejection values for reducing the overload of a gatekeeper
- Figure 1 shows the connection establishment from the end point EP to the gateway GW.
- the end point is registered with the gatekeeper GK. Therefore, it sends a RAS ARQ message to this gatekeeper.
- This message acts in the gatekeeper as an event which triggers its processing according to the invention.
- the connection establishment request is either confirmed with an ACF message or rejected with an ARJ message.
- the connection between endpoint EP and gateway GW is only continued by exchanging further H.225 messages if confirmed.
- the table shown in Figure 2 describes the processing of incoming connection requests depending on the current signaling load of the gatekeeper.
- This table is preferably implemented in the gatekeeper's call processing machine and updated with each admission request ARQ received by an endpoint or gateway.
- the gatekeeper calculates the current signaling load for each new incoming ARQ message of an end point, which indicates a new connection establishment request, and compares it with defined threshold values. If the current load is greater than one of these threshold values, the gatekeeper rejects the specified percentage value against new ones Connections.
- the time interval T 0 V is used to calculate the current signaling load. For example, it is specified in seconds. All connection requests received within this time interval are taken into account when calculating the load. The default is 1 second.
- the gatekeeper With (preferably every) admission request ARQ of an endpoint or gateway, the gatekeeper first checks its current signaling load before processing the connection request.
- a transient time stamp T TRA N ⁇ is initialized with the current time T CURR and the transient counter C AR Q with 0.
- the counter C ARQ is incremented by 1 and the current one Time T CURR determined.
- the transient time stamp T TRAN s is set to the current time TCURR;
- This mechanism is event driven, i.e. it only expires when ARQ messages arrive. No cyclic process has to be implemented in the gatekeeper. As a result, only little CPU (Central Processing Unit) time is advantageously used for this method.
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- connection establishment is continued with the RAS message Admission Confirm ACF or Admission Reject ARJ by the gatekeeper.
- connection requests are processed, while the remaining connection requests are rejected with the RAS message Admission Reject ARJ.
- the message ARJ preferably contains because of the value "resourceUnavailable”. The number of rejected connection requests depends on the defined percentage according to FIG. 2.
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| DE10151720A DE10151720B4 (de) | 2001-10-19 | 2001-10-19 | Überlastschutz für Steuerungseinheiten in Kommunikationsnetzen |
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| PCT/DE2002/003932 WO2003036903A2 (de) | 2001-10-19 | 2002-10-17 | Überlastschutz für steuerungseinheiten in kommunikationsnetzen |
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| EP (1) | EP1436954A2 (de) |
| AU (1) | AU2002339374A1 (de) |
| DE (1) | DE10151720B4 (de) |
| WO (1) | WO2003036903A2 (de) |
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