System and method for operating a communication system
View Patent ↗A method for operating a communication system is provided. The method includes monitoring traffic within a communication network to determine a traffic volume, and determining a routing table update rate based on the traffic volume. The method also includes receiving a routing table update, and updating a routing table using the routing table update at a time based on the routing table update rate.
1. A method for operating a communication system comprising:
monitoring traffic within a communication network to determine a traffic volume;
determining a routing table update rate based on the traffic volume;
receiving a routing table update;
determining a delay period based on the routing table update rate;
determining a time of a previous update of the routing table;
adding the delay period to the time of the previous update of the routing table to identify an update time; and
updating a routing table using the routing table update at the update time.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
translating the routing table update from a first format into a second format.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the traffic within the communication network is monitored at a gateway.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the traffic within the communication network is monitored at a session border controller.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the routing table update is configured to trigger an update of a subset of the routing table.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein the routing table update is configured to trigger an update of all of the routing table.
7. A communication system comprising:
a remote processing system coupled to a communication network, configured to determine a traffic volume within the communication network, determine a routing table update rate based on the traffic volume, receive a routing table update, determine a delay period based on the routing table update rate, determine a time of a previous update of the routing table, add the delay period to the time of the previous update of the routing table to identify an update time, and update a routing table using the routing table update; and
a remote management system coupled to the remote processing system, configured to receive the routing table update rate from the remote processing system, receive a routing table update, and transmit the routing table update to the remote processing system at the update time.
8. The communication system of claim 7 ,
wherein the remote management system is configured to receive a plurality of routing table updates, combine the plurality of routing table updates into a single combined routing table update, and transfer the combined routing table update to the remote processing system at a time based on the routing table update rate.
9. The communication system of claim 7 ,
wherein the remote management system is configured to translate the routing table update from a first format into a second format.
10. The communication system of claim 7 wherein the traffic within the communication network is monitored at a gateway.
11. The communication system of claim 7 wherein the traffic within the communication network is monitored at a session border controller.
12. The communication system of claim 7 wherein the remote processing system is configured to update a subset of the routing table.
13. The communication system of claim 7 wherein the remote processing system is configured to update all of the routing table.
14. The communication system of claim 7 ,
wherein the remote processing system is configured to transmit a control signal to the remote management system when the routing table may be updated.
15. The communication system of claim 14 ,
wherein the remote management system is configured to transfer a routing table update to the remote processing system when the control signal is asserted.