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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2004
Applicant:
Xiangrong Cai, Billerica, MA (US);
Inventor:
Xiangrong Cai, Billerica, MA (US);
Assignee:
Avaya Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus is disclosed by which IGMP Host messaging is translated to PIM messaging for the purposes of efficiently and accurately maintaining group membership data in a multicast network.