Load balancing of network communications

Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for balancing or routing a received communication on a telecommunications network among a plurality of network devices. More particularly, a load balancing unit is associated with a telecommunications network that receives communications from one or more network devices intended for transmission through that network and selects an associated component of the network to process the communication.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A load balancer for routing traffic in a network among a plurality of network components comprising:
 a database communicably coupled to the load balancer; and   a processor coupled to a memory storing instructions thereon, wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to perform the steps of:   storing one or more routing rules in the database, wherein the one or more routing rules are configured to instruct the load balancer to route a received communication to one of the plurality of network components, the network components comprising at least one Session Border Controller (SBC);   accessing the one or more routing rules in the database to determine which one of the plurality of network components is to process the received communication, wherein the one or more routing rules are further configured to prevent overloading of the plurality of network components by utilizing round-robin distribution.