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MULTICAST WITH ADAPTIVE DUAL-STATE

  • US 20090052449A1
  • Filed: 04/01/2008
  • Published: 02/26/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving multicast traffic over a membership tree including a first plurality of nodes connected in a first topology, the multicast traffic destined for a plurality of multicast members of a first multicast group;

    determining a rate of multicast traffic that exceeds a first predetermined threshold based on the receiving the multicast traffic;

    generating a dissemination tree including a second plurality of nodes connected in a second topology, the generating to reduce a number of hops to communicate the multicast traffic to the plurality of multicast members of the first multicast group; and

    forwarding the multicast traffic to the plurality of multicast members of the first multicast group over the dissemination tree.

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