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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 24, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
David M Kristol, Summit, NJ (US);
Sanjoy Paul, Atlantic Highlands, NJ (US);
Krishan K Sabnani, Westfield, NJ (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Corp., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ; H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370 942 ; 370 943 ; 371 32 ;
Abstract
A method of network multicasting using transport layer protocols, suitable for use in ATM networks, is disclosed. The protocols advantageously combine the acknowledgments of individual destinations along the underlying multicast tree to prevent acknowledgement implosion. The inventive method also prevents unnecessary retransmission by performing local multicasts.