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Charging mechanism for multicasting

  • US 20030172165A1
  • Filed: 02/20/2002
  • Published: 09/11/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for calculating a cost of receiving multicast data from a multicast session, a multicast network including at least one multicast service, each multicast service including at least one multicast session, comprising:

  • receiving a request to establish a connection to the multicast session, the request including a start time for the connection and an end time for the connection;

    storing the start time for the connection and the end time for the connection; and

    after termination of the connection, calculating the cost of receiving the multicast data.

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