Patent ID: 7792105

Claim:
A method for broadcasting messages in a point-to-point oriented packet-switched telecommunication network, said network having a set of network nodes comprising a first router and at least one host serving at least one user, wherein the first router communicates with a broadcast capable server that provides broadcast data, said method comprising the steps of: receiving, at said broadcast management center, information about the building of a geographical broadcast group interested in certain broadcast data; configuring the network nodes by said broadcast management centre for broadcast provisioning within said geographical broadcast group, said broadcast management centre ordering the network nodes to register to the geographical broadcast group; sending, from said broadcast capable server, the broadcast data to the first router; using multicast techniques on the transport layer to route the broadcast data from the first router to the at least one host belonging to the geographical broadcast group; and using a broadcast technique to send the broadcast data from said host to the at least one user.