Methods and apparatus for updating subsource addressing multicast routing records in a communications network
US7333487B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 16, 2001 |
| Grant date | Feb 19, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 16, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L45/484
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods and arrangements for facilitating subscription among at least two nodes in a distributed network, involving the designation of one of the nodes as a publisher node, the designation of one of the nodes as a subscriber node, and the recordation of a path between the subscriber node and the publisher node. The path includes at least one link between the subscriber node and the publisher node, and the recordation involves recording each distinct link in the path between the subscriber node and the publisher node.
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