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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2007
Sven Maurice Joseph Ooghe, Ghent, BE;
Wim Henderickx, Westerlo, BE;
Ron Efraim Haberman, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sven Maurice Joseph Ooghe, Ghent, BE;
Wim Henderickx, Westerlo, BE;
Ron Efraim Haberman, Mountain View, CA (US);
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A multicast replicating network node () according to the present invention reports to a traffic scheduling network node () information () indicative for the bandwidth consumed by multicast services or indicative for the bandwidth available for unicast services on a line coupled to the multicast replicating network node (). The traffic scheduling network node () this way stays aware of the multicast bandwidth occupancy on different subscriber lines and access node uplinks without serious impact on its processing requirements.