Device and method for handling events in a telecommunications network

Abstract

A processing platform, such as the Java Enterprise Edition (JEE) platform, includes a JEE cluster with a plurality of processors (3) including a processor for processing events associated with one or more application sessions Si to Sn Resource Adapter (11). Each application session Si to Sn includes a session state (15) and an event queue (17), and the event queue (17) contains 1 to S n A list of events to execute for a particular session in . The thread pool (19) includes one or more processing threads t 1 to t N , for enabling the processor (3) to execute multiple tasks in parallel. Thread pool (19) comprises task queue (21), and described task queue (21) comprises processing thread t 1 to t N the task to perform. The resource adapter (11) includes a synchronization unit (23) for controlling a plurality of threads t from the thread pool 1 to t N How to handle events in multiple application sessions Si to Sn. Specifically, the synchronization unit (23) is configured such that only one event queued in the event queue (17) is scheduled with a task in the task queue (21), thereby preventing more than an event.

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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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