Equipment and method used for processing events in telecommunication network

Abstract

A processing platform like a Java enterprise edition (JEE) platform comprises a JEE cluster provided with a plurality of processors (3). Each processor comprises a resource adapter (11) used for processing events related to one or more application sessions Si to Sn. Each application session Si to Sn comprises a session state (15) and an event queue (17). Each event queue (17) comprises a list for the events to be executed for the specific sessions in the sessions S1 to Sn. A thread pool (19) comprises one or more processing threads t1 to tN used for enabling the processors (3) to execute a plurality of tasks concurrently. The thread pool (19) comprises a task queue (21) which comprises tasks to be executed by the processing threads t1 to tN. The resource adapters (11) comprise synchronous units (23) used for controlling the threads t1 to tN from the thread pool how to process the events in the application sessions Si to Sn. Specifically, the synchronous units (23) are configured in the mode that only one event in the event queues (17) is dispatched with the task in the task queue (21), and therefore the situation that more than one event coming from the specific event queues of the application sessions are executed concurrently can be prevented.

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[0001] Case Description [0002] This application is a divisional application of the Chinese patent application with the application date of July 28, 2009, the application number 200980160635.5, and the title "Equipment and method for processing events in a telecommunication network". technical field [0003] The present invention relates to apparatus and methods for processing events in a telecommunications network, and in particular to a method in a telecommunications processing platform, such as a Java Enterprise Edition (JEE) processing platform, for synchronizing the processing of events associated with an application session and equipment. Background technique [0004] In telecommunications networks, there are many applications and services in order to provide additional functionality beyond regular telephone calls. These applications and services usually run on different servers connected to the telecommunications network. These servers typically run on a different ...

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This can be problematic if: figure 1 The JEE platform shown is used to handle telecom applications and services, where when multiple threads t 1 to t N Session state becomes invalid when multiple events associated with an application session are executed in parallel

The disadvantage is that it makes many threads t 1 to t N Wait, this is not an optimal use of system resources and often conflicts with JEE platform principles

However, such a solution has the disadvantages of the thread pool mechanism described above, and thus violates an important JEE platform principle governing that all resources (including threads) must be managed

This solution also has the disadvantage of using many more threads than needed t 1 to t N , and thus resource inefficient

[0013] From the above it should be understood that there is a problem with achieving synchronization of events without compromising resource efficiency

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