Patent ID: 11910293
Assignee: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method for routing a multicast message from a network server toward a plurality of target devices configured to communicate with a low power wide area (LPWA) network comprising a plurality of gateways, the method comprising:
determining, for a multicast message to be routed toward the target devices via the LPWA network, a plurality of multicast paths wherein each multicast path comprises a respective set of gateways configured to reach all target devices;
determining, for each respective set of gateways forming a multicast path, a composite weighted metric (CWM) in accordance with a plurality of selection factors, wherein each selection factor is weighted in accordance with an operator policy;
selecting a multicast path comprising a set of gateways P having a lowest CWM; and
transmitting the multicast message toward only the gateways included in the selected set of gateways P.