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HYBRID MULTICAST ROUTING PROTOCOL FOR WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS

  • US 20090161594A1
  • Filed: 12/17/2008
  • Published: 06/25/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of multicast routing in a wireless mesh network, comprising:

  • maintaining a multicast logical tree having a structure establishing parent-child connectivity relationships between wireless station nodes, wherein each node has access to local connectivity information for its local nodes; and

    a wireless station node joining a multicast group in the network, and each group member or router propagating group membership information and local connectivity information via message transmission among its local nodes in the logical tree.

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