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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2009
Shobha Erramilli, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Shrirang Gadgil, Eatontown, NJ (US);
Narayanan Natarajan, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Shobha Erramilli, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Shrirang Gadgil, Eatontown, NJ (US);
Narayanan Natarajan, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Telcordia Technologies, Inc., Piscataway, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system and method for determining an efficient assignment of information categories to multicast addresses is described. In one embodiment, the assignment takes into account the overlapping info cation needs of the subscriber nodes and the network bandwidth that will be consumed in the dissemination of each information category based on its size and the frequency of dissemination. In another embodiment, the assignment takes into consideration the additional constraint of a quality of service network having different prioritizations associated with the information categories.