The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2005
Hidetoshi Abeta, Yokohama, JP;
Hiraku Koganemaru, Yokohama, JP;
Hidetoshi Abeta, Yokohama, JP;
Hiraku Koganemaru, Yokohama, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A multicast communication method is disclosed that includes the steps of: (a) transmitting a position registration request including multicast join request information from a mobile node to a network; (b) receiving the position registration request, performing position registration, and setting session information data for performing a multicast communication in a home agent connected to the network; and (c) encapsulating a multicast packet and forwarding the multicast packet to an optimal forwarding destination on the network to which the mobile node to join the multicast communication is connected based on the session information data in the home agent that has received the multicast packet from the network.