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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2020
Itron Global Sarl, Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Jérôme Bartier, Edinburgh, GB;
Fabrice Monier, Bry sur Marne, FR;
ITRON, Global Sarl, Liberty Lake, WA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for establishing communications within a multicast group of nodes included in a mesh network. The technique includes receiving a first unicast message that includes a multicast join request from a member node included in the multicast group, wherein the multicast join request specifies a first shortest path from the member node to a multicast group leader also included in the multicast group. The technique also includes forwarding the first unicast message to the multicast group leader along the first shortest path, and forwarding a second unicast message from the multicast group leader to the member node along a second shortest path, wherein the second unicast message includes a multicast join acknowledgment. The technique further includes declaring a first node as a multicast forwarder in the multicast group, wherein the first node is responsible for forwarding the second unicast message.