发明授权
- 专利标题: Data routing in a communication network
- 专利标题(中): 通信网络中的数据路由
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申请号: US09446627申请日: 2000-03-07
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公开(公告)号: US06584500B1公开(公告)日: 2003-06-24
- 发明人: Jari Arkko
- 申请人: Jari Arkko
- 优先权: FI972739 19970625
- 主分类号: H04L1214
- IPC分类号: H04L1214
摘要:
A method of collecting charging information relating to usage of the Internet by an Internet user. The method comprises constructing in a router of the Internet a routing table containing a set of destination address ranges and a set of respective next hop network nodes. Each address range in the routing table is assigned a cost class in dependence upon the route via which a packet must travel to an address within the range. Upon receiving a data packet from the network user, the destination address of the packet is identified by the router. The router then determines from the routing table the associated cost class. A corresponding cost class counter in the router is then incremented.