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Communications network

  • US 20040192324A1
  • Filed: 01/06/2004
  • Published: 09/30/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/17/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of operating a communications network to allocate resources of said network between users, said method comprising:

  • storing one or more sets of typical utility data for one or more types of said deliveries over said network;

    receiving, from each of a plurality of users, values of one or more utility-influencing parameters for each of one or more data deliveries desired by said user;

    generating resource demand data for each of said deliveries in dependence upon said stored typical utility data and said utility-influencing parameters; and

    allocating resources of said network between deliveries in dependence on said generated resource demand data.

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