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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2005
Applicants:
Ghulam M. Bhatti, Mansfield, MA (US);
Gaofeng Yue, Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Ghulam M. Bhatti, Mansfield, MA (US);
Gaofeng Yue, Atlanta, GA (US);
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for multicast communication in a network having plural nodes according to the ZigBee network specification includes creating a multicast group including a subset of the plural nodes and excluding at least one non-member node in the plural nodes. The multicast group has a multicast address. The method also includes transmitting multicast message including the multicast address and receiving the multicast message at each node in the multicast group.