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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2002
Applicants:
Benoît Fabre, Toulouse, FR;
Zoely Canela, Fresnes, FR;
Claire-sabine Randriamasy, Meudon, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of determining or selecting a path for transmitting data in packets in an Internet Protocol communication network and a communication network using the method. The method comprises predetermining a limited number of paths by repeatedly applying a single criterion selection method to all of the paths in the network concerned, using different first criteria, and then determining one or more given paths from said limited number of predetermined paths by comparing them with each other on the basis of two or more conditional criteria and then classifying them.