Shobha S Erramilli

US Patent:

8289872, Oct 16, 2012

Filed:

Oct 22, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/603891

Inventors:

Shobha Erramilli - Holmdel NJ, US
Shrirang Gadgil - Eatontown NJ, US
Narayanan Natarajan - Marlboro NJ, US

Assignee:

Telcordia Technologies, Inc. - Piscataway NJ

International Classification:

H04L 12/26

US Classification:

370252

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.

US Patent:

20130010791, Jan 10, 2013

Filed:

Sep 13, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/614411

Inventors:

Shobha Erramilli - Holmdel NJ, US
Shrirang Gadgil - Eatontown NJ, US
Narayanan Natarajan - Marlboro NJ, US

Assignee:

TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. - Piscataway NJ

International Classification:

H04L 12/56

US Classification:

370390

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 information 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.