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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:
Jul. 22, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2003
Applicant:
Yohei Umezawa, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yohei Umezawa, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 1/16 (2006.01); G01R 31/08 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04Q 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In an optimum route calculation method of calculating an optimum route in a network which has a plurality of nodes and a plurality of transmission paths, and in which a cost is defined for each transmission path, an evaluation value is obtained on the basis of the maximum cost of each transmission path included in a determined route and a route to be evaluated and the number of hops from the determined route to the route to be evaluated. A route is determined on the basis of the evaluation value. A storage medium which stores the optimum route calculation program is also disclosed.