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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2005
Applicants:
Angelo Garofalo, Turin, IT;
Gabriele Ginella, Turin, IT;
Eugenio Maffione, Turin, IT;
Alessandro Parrinello, Turin, IT;
Mario Ullio, Turin, IT;
Inventors:
Angelo Garofalo, Turin, IT;
Gabriele Ginella, Turin, IT;
Eugenio Maffione, Turin, IT;
Alessandro Parrinello, Turin, IT;
Mario Ullio, Turin, IT;
Assignee:
Telecom Italia S.p.A., Milan, IT;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 20/71 (2008.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for managing multicast delivery of data packets in communication networks includes the steps of checking join requests coming from hosts to be a part of a multicast group to determine a delivery policy associated with that host and for the requested group and associating hosts with a multicast group according to their delivery policy.