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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2005
Joseph Jacob Weinstein, Somerville, MA (US);
Joseph Michael Keller, Ledyard, CT (US);
Vladimir Rosenzweig, Belmont, MA (US);
Keith William Manning, Arlington, MA (US);
Daniel Alan Coffin, Sudbury, MA (US);
Joseph Jacob Weinstein, Somerville, MA (US);
Joseph Michael Keller, Ledyard, CT (US);
Vladimir Rosenzweig, Belmont, MA (US);
Keith William Manning, Arlington, MA (US);
Daniel Alan Coffin, Sudbury, MA (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Raytheon BBN Technologies Corp., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A modified protocol independent multicast (M-PIM) routing protocol is an improvement to protocol independent multicast (PIM) routing protocol. M-PIM is optimized for use with at least one low bandwidth multi-hop network. The improvement comprises at least one modification to PIM that facilitates the transport of multicast traffic in a multi-layer routing system.