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Patent No.:

US 9680732 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017

Filed:

Jul. 22, 2014
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

N Hari Kumar, Chennai, IN;

Ranjani Balakrishnan, Chennai, IN;

Vikas Verma, Chennai, IN;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/721 (2013.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/733 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/123 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 45/122 (2013.01); H04L 45/124 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for identifying influence paths in a communication network comprising a plurality of users is disclosed. The method comprises identifying network parameters indicative of a strength of connection between users of the network, combining the identified parameters to calculate a connection strength between users of the network, storing the calculated connection strengths as edge weights between the users of the network, identifying a source user and a target user for a path, and calculating a path between the source user and the target user according to the stored edge weights. Also disclosed is a method for compression of a network and a network element and computer readable medium.


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