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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2024
Applicant:
Tp-link Systems Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
TP-Link Systems Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 51/214 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/214 (2022.05);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for controlling multicast frame message forwarding, a communication device, and a computer-readable medium are provided. The method includes: acquiring a multicast frame message; and inhibiting forwarding the multicast frame message, in response to a number of previously forwarded duplicate messages of the multicast frame message within a predetermined time period reaching a predetermined threshold.