Management of path selection in a communications network
CA 2346182 A1 · Owner: Astracon, Inc. · Inventors: Rose, Ian Alexander
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A connection manager (60) is provided for selecting paths from a plurality of paths (64, 65) available from service providers (61 62) in a communications , network to route broadband traffic in the network. The connection manager (60) includes a connection model (66) indicating functional features supported by each path in the network and locations of terminations for respective paths; a cost model (68) associated with the connection model that exposes the cost of using the functional features for each path (64); and a processing means (69). The processing means of the connection manager is operative in response to a , client (63) requirement for a connection with desired features …
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- Filed October 12, 1999. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 12, 2019.
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