Method and apparatus for selecting a responder to enable reliable multicast
US8064474B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 20, 2003 |
| Grant date | Nov 22, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 24, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B2203/5445
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A station to serve as a proxy for responding to a multicast message is selected using dynamically maintained information about other stations communicatively coupled to a shared communications network. The dynamically maintained information is used to select a station having a high probability of replying to the multicast message. Network performance may be further improved by re-selecting proxies when a multicast frame fails to acknowledged.
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