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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7359939
APP PUB NO 20040111470A1
SERIAL NO

10310910

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Whenever a DSLAM or a network node receives a Group Join message, it compares the MAC address of the originating STB to that of previous Join messages with their existing connections. If a match is found, then the DSLAM will initiate a GSQ for the group of the matching previous Join request. If there is not enough resources to satisfy the requirements of Group Join messages, then it may either be ignored, or queued for later processing, once the normal GSQ sequence is complete and resources are available. If the multicast group is no longer needed, the connection to the group is then terminated, as per normal GSQ processing. This frees up bandwidth for any new Join messages. The normal GSQ processing clears the trouble caused by the loss of Leave Message.

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  • ALCATEL CANADA INC.;PROVENANCE ASSET GROUP LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Aboukarr, Bakri Kanata, CA 9 116
Crane, Stephen Elliott Kinburn, CA 1 21
Poulsen, Allan Leslie Kanata, CA 2 47

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