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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2016
Applicant:
At&t Intellectual Property I, Lp, Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventor:
Christopher J Chase, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04N 21/6405 (2011.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04L 12/701 (2013.01); H04L 12/761 (2013.01); H04L 12/723 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/6405 (2013.01); H04L 12/185 (2013.01); H04L 12/1836 (2013.01); H04L 45/00 (2013.01); H04L 45/16 (2013.01); H04L 45/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a system for delivering broadcast channels by way of edge routers using multicast virtual private networks, sharing a same multicast state for the broadcast channels and sharing a same multicast delivery tree for the broadcast channels. Other embodiments are disclosed.