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Limiting forwarding of multicast communications

US10491411B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

ITRON, INC. · US

Inventors

Jerome Bartier · Edinburgh, GB
James Laurence Taylor · Sherborne, GB
Viet-Hung Nguyen · Wiesbaden, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 28, 2017
Grant date	Nov 26, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 30, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02D30/70
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques for limiting forwarding of multicast communications are described herein. For example, the techniques intelligently forward data along paths of a network where members of a multicast group are located. As such, nodes that do not lead to members of the multicast group may be pruned from distribution of the data. This reduces network communications, ultimately conserving processing, communication, and/or battery resources of the nodes.

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