Abstract:
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for providing a workload balancer for balancing message traffic received over long-lived Diameter connections are disclosed. One exemplary workload balancer includes at least one connection front end processor for terminating Diameter connections with external nodes. The workload balancer further includes a plurality of Diameter back end processors for performing application or routing processing for the Diameter messages received over the Diameter connections. The at least one connection front end processor load shares Diameter messages received over existing Diameter connections among the back end processors.
Abstract:
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for processing messages containing type-length-value (TLV) elements are disclosed. According to one exemplary method for processing a message containing TLV elements, the method includes receiving an ingress message containing a plurality of TLV elements. The method also includes decoding a TLV element from the plurality of TLV elements. The method further includes storing an entry containing information about the TLV element in a multi-view data structure implemented using a memory, wherein the multi-view data structure includes an associative container and at least one linked list data structure for ordering the entry with regard to other entries in the multi-view data structure.
Abstract:
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for providing message encode/decode as a service are disclosed. According to one method for providing message encoding or decoding as a service, the method occurs at an encode/decode function (EDF) node. The method includes receiving a message encode or decode operation request containing a message identifier and an operation identifier. The method also includes performing, using the operation identifier, a message encode or decode operation involving accessing or modifying at least one TLV element decoded from a message indicated by the message identifier. The method further includes sending a response indicating whether the message encode or decode operation was successfully performed.
Abstract:
According to one method for processing a message containing TLV elements, the method includes receiving an ingress message containing a plurality of TLV elements. The method also includes determining, using at least one message related attribute, whether the ingress message is to be processed using a stateless decode algorithm. The method further includes in response to determining that the ingress message is to be processed using the stateless decode algorithm, processing the ingress message using the stateless decode algorithm. The method also includes determining, using the stateless decode algorithm, whether the ingress message includes at least one TLV element indicating that the ingress message is to be further processed using a stateful decode algorithm. The method further includes indicating that the ingress message is to be further processed using the stateful decode algorithm, processing the ingress message using the stateful decode algorithm.
Abstract:
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for a multi-view data construct that supports lock-free operations and direct access are disclosed. According to one aspect, a system includes a multi-view data construct including a persistent collection of elements, each element being associated with a unique identifier. Each element includes at least one pointer for configuring the element as a member of a linked list that contains as members elements of the multi-view data construct, data that indicates access status, and a data area within the collection itself or a pointer to a statically or dynamically allocated data area outside of the collection. A control module can identify elements in the collection by each element's respective identifier and can traverse elements in the collection using the pointers contained in each element. Concurrent access to an element by multiple entities is mediated using that element's access status and without using locks or locking operations.
Abstract:
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for processing messages containing type-length-value (TLV) elements are disclosed. According to one exemplary method for processing a message containing TLV elements, the method includes receiving an ingress message containing a plurality of TLV elements. The method also includes decoding a TLV element from the plurality of TLV elements. The method further includes storing an entry containing information about the TLV element in a multi-view data structure implemented using a memory, wherein the multi-view data structure includes an associative container and at least one linked list data structure for ordering the entry with regard to other entries in the multi-view data structure.