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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 17, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Xiaoqiang Chen, Eatontown, NJ (US);
Vijay Pochampalli Kumar, Freehold, NJ (US);
Cauligi Srinivasa Raghavendra, Pullman, WA (US);
Ramanathan Venkateswaran, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370408 ; 370256 ; 370432 ;
Abstract
The distribution of multicast information in a communications network formed from a plurality of communications nodes, e.g., ATM switches, is enhanced by providing an efficient mechanism for routing a request to join a multicast connection to an originator of the multicast and an efficient mechanism for then connecting the requester to the multicast connection.