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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2008
Geoffrey Cristallo, Molenbeek, BE;
Michel Van Ackere, Sint-Niklaas, BE;
Geoffrey Cristallo, Molenbeek, BE;
Michel Van Ackere, Sint-Niklaas, BE;
Alcatel-Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method of performing multicast admission control in a communications network (), comprising the steps of: a) receiving, at a first node (-) of the communications network (), a request () for a multicast channel () from a host system () communicatively coupled to the first node (-); b) sending, by the first node (-), a request () for the multicast channel () to a central admission controller () of the communications network (), the sending of the request () being triggered by receiving the request () from the host system (); c) determining, by the central admission controller (), if sufficient resources exist on nodes (-to-) and interconnecting links (to, T) of the communications network () to provide the requested multicast channel () from a source () to the host system (); and d) in case that sufficient resources exist, installing on the nodes (-to-) having sufficient resources to provide the requested multicast channel () to the host system (), a replication rule for the multicast channel (). The invention further relates to a central admission controller () and to a communications network ().