Method and system of assigning access connections

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8199676
APP PUB NO 20110167157A1
SERIAL NO

13047323

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A method and system for load balancing network access solutions, for example Provider Edger (PE) routers and network interface cards within said routers, based on characteristics of the destination device to which the assigned network access solutions connect. This enables a service provider to load balance access connections of a particular customer across a number of different network access solutions, based on who the customer is and where the customer is located. In addition, such a system can balance network access solutions based on capacity and utilization of the network access solutions.

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  • BCE INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Baines, Jeffrey F London, CA 2 1
Côté, Benoit Longueuil, CA 3 15
Haarsma, Michael B London, CA 2 1
Virgilio, Angelo Toronto, CA 2 17

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