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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2014
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Intenational Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/185 (2013.01); H04L 12/184 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and arrangements for providing multicast communication. There is defined a first multicast tenant group comprising a plurality of hosts distributed over a plurality of locations. Communication is established with respect to the first multicast tenant group via: defining a routing tree, and using a multicast address space for communication with the hosts via the routing tree. The multicast address space is reused with respect to a second multicast tenant group. Other variants and embodiments are broadly contemplated herein.