System and method for traffic routing
AssigneeBce Inc.
InventorDoughan A. Turk
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system and method for traffic routing. An embodiment includes an engine for identifying groupings of subscriber stations within a particular ISP. The engine can also obtain a block of contiguous addresses for assignment to the subscriber stations. The addresses are assigned from the block to each of the subscriber stations in substantially contiguous sub-blocks based on the groupings. The groupings can be geographic or based on other desired criteria.
Claims30
An apparatus for associating network addresses with a plurality of geographic regions;
- said apparatus comprising an engine operable to receive a block of contiguous network addresses;
- to associate a first range of contiguous network addresses within the block of contiguous network addresses with a first geographic region, each of a plurality of subscriber stations within the first geographic region to be assigned a network address from the first range of contiguous network addresses;
- and to associate a second range of contiguous network addresses within the block of contiguous network addresses with a second geographic region, each of a plurality of subscriber stations within the second geographic region to be assigned a network address from the second range of contiguous network addresses.
A method of associating network addresses with a plurality of geographic regions comprising:
- receiving a block of contiguous network addresses;
- associating a first range of contiguous network addresses within said block of contiguous network addresses with a first geographic region, each of a plurality of subscriber stations within the first geographic region to be assigned a network address from the first range of contiguous network addresses;
- and
- associating a second range of contiguous network addresses within said block of contiguous network addresses with a second geographic region, each of a plurality of subscriber stations within the second geographic region to be assigned a network address from the second range of contiguous network addresses.
Computer-readable medium containing a program element executable by a processor to perform a method of associating network addresses with a plurality of geographic regions, the computer-readable medium comprising:
- first program code for receiving a block of contiguous network addresses;
- second program code for associating a first range of contiguous network addresses within said block of contiguous network addresses with a first geographic region, each of a plurality of subscriber stations within the first geographic region to be assigned a network address from the first range of contiguous network addresses;
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- third program code associating a second range of contiguous network addresses within said block of contiguous network addresses with a second geographic region, each of a plurality of subscriber stations within the second geographic region to be assigned a network address from the second range of contiguous network addresses.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.