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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2010
Ming LI, Cupertino, CA (US);
Renwei LI, Fremont, CA (US);
Weiqian Dai, San Jose, CA (US);
Yang Yu, San Ramon, CA (US);
Xuesong Dong, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Ming Li, Cupertino, CA (US);
Renwei Li, Fremont, CA (US);
Weiqian Dai, San Jose, CA (US);
Yang Yu, San Ramon, CA (US);
Xuesong Dong, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A communication system, comprising a multicast group address allocator in communication with a plurality of nodes configured as at least one multicast group, wherein, upon creation of a new multicast group from among the nodes, the multicast group address allocator is configured to assign a multicast address to the new multicast group based on the assigned multicast address falling into a hash-bin for each group member of the new multicast group. A multicast group address allocator, comprising a network interface in communication with a plurality of nodes, a controller coupled to the network interface, and a storage medium coupled to the controller, wherein, upon request, the controller assigns a multicast address to a new multicast group from among the nodes, wherein the controller accesses hash-bin information for the nodes and selects the multicast address based on the hash-bin information, and wherein the hash-bin information is stored in the storage medium.