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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8880681
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12812717

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Methods and systems for assigning information indicative of a network characteristic to one of a plurality of data units traversing a path across a network, said data units having associated therewith values indicative of said network characteristic, said path having at least one portion passing through a lower-capability region and at least one portion passing through a higher-capability region, said lower-capability region being a region in which information indicative of said network characteristic may be represented by values having a first resolution, and said higher-capability region being a region in which information indicative of said network characteristic may be represented by values having a second resolution, said second resolution being greater than said first resolution, said one data unit being a data unit entering said higher-capability region.

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  • BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Briscoe, Robert J Woodbridge, GB 34 926
Jacquet, Arnaud Ipswich, GB 20 495
Moncaster, Tobias Colchester, GB 4 43
Salvatori, Alessandro San Jose, US 5 138

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