Alcatel Lucent

Dave Cecil Robinson

Danny De Vleeschauwer

Andrey Kisel

Tiaan Schutte

A data communication system, comprising an access control agent arranged on a network to allocate network resources on one or more UE (user equipment) devices on the network according to one or more parameters, the access control agent being remote from the UE.

Resource arbitration in a converged multi-media environment

A multimedia delivery network, comprising network resource allocation means for allocating bandwidth to a network session between a UE (user equipment) device on the network and a delivery server, wherein the allocation means is adapted to reserve a nominal bandwidth for the network session when the session is opened, which permits delivery of data from the delivery server to the UE at a nominal service rate, and wherein the delivery server is adapted to increase the bandwidth of the session, to a higher bandwidth once the session has been opened, so as to permit delivery of data from the delivery server to the UE at a burst delivery rate higher than the nominal rate.

Optimised bandwidth utilisation in networks

A method is provided of providing a content-on-demand service to a user terminal in a system comprising a plurality of content-on-demand servers and a packet-switched network. The method comprises the steps of: a first of the content-on-demand servers seeking to reserve packet-switched network resources to enable service delivery to the user terminal, said first server sending a message that resource reservation was insufficient, a further of the content-on-demand servers seeking to reserve packet-switched network resources to enable service provision to the user terminal, said further server sending a message that resource reservation is sufficient, and said further server providing the content to the user terminal via the packet-switched network.

Content-on-demand method and network therefor

A method for distributing content data packagesoriginated by users of a super peer-to-peer network is proposed, wherein the content data packagesare to be cached in caching nodes CN,CN,CN,CNof said network. The network comprises a plurality of caching nodes CN,CN,CN,CNand user nodesof said users and a plurality of data lines that extend between adjacent of said nodes and the users are being grouped in user groups and listed in a user group list. Content data traffic is to be delivered on traffic connections between user nodesof the network. The method comprises the steps of:

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Dave Cecil Robinson