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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2014
Danu Tjahjono, Dublin, CA (US);
Wenge Ren, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Amalavoyal Narasimha Chari, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Balaji Rajavelu, Milpitas, CA (US);
Danu Tjahjono, Dublin, CA (US);
Wenge Ren, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Amalavoyal Narasimha Chari, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Balaji Rajavelu, Milpitas, CA (US);
ABB Inc., Cary, NC (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods and apparatuses for distributing multicast traffic through a wireless mesh network are disclosed. One apparatus includes an access node that includes one or more transceivers for communicating with other devices of a wireless mesh network, and a processor. The processor is operative to receive a unicast IP packet that includes a special destination IP address through at least one of the one or more transceivers, determine, based on the special destination IP address and a multicast group ID of a multicast distribution table, whether to forward the unicast IP packet to a downstream device, and route the unicast IP packet to the downstream device based on the determination.