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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2006
Applicants:
Alessio Casati, Swindon, GB;
Sudeep Palat, Swindon, GB;
Said Tatesh, Swindon, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/56 (2006.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/1877 (2013.01); H04L 12/189 (2013.01);
Abstract
A multicast status availability indication from an anchor () is provided to a plurality of base nodes () that are part of a multicast group serviced by the anchor (). The availability status indication in one example is sent autonomously by the anchor () independent of any inquiry or attempted setup of a new session with that anchor by a base mode (). The base modes () maintain a candidate anchor set that includes information regarding currently available anchors for establishing new sessions, for example.