The present invention relates to a method for operating a network with data- plane/control-plane separated network functions, wherein a network function comprises one or more network function components, 'NFC', said NFC comprising at least one control plane function, 'CPF' and at least one data plane function, 'DPF', wherein during runtime and in case of an overload of a first DPF, '1-DPF', at least one existing subscription context, 'SC', of said 1-DPF is offloaded to a second DPF, '2-DPF', wherein said predefined state may represent an overload of said 1-DPF.
