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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2012
Hideaki Ogata, Yokohama, JP;
Hideaki Ogata, Yokohama, JP;
SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A network communication apparatus which can transmit multicast packets includes a communication interface unit that has a plurality of IP addresses allocated thereto and transmits multicast packets using each of the plurality of IP addresses as a transmission source, and a multicast control unit that controls transmission of the multicast packets from the communication interface unit, groups the plurality of IP addresses in a plurality based on predetermined criteria, and sequentially transmits the multicast packets using one IP address belonging to each group as a transmission source with respect to all the IP addresses in each group.
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