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Distributed management communications network

  • US 5,634,011 A
  • Filed: 08/21/1995
  • Issued: 05/27/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/18/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A communications network management system including a plurality of interconnected nodes, comprising:

  • communications control means for providing distributed administration of multicast communications network user sets utilizing a plurality of selectable controls including communication network user Set Manager control means, Set Leader control means and network Registrar control means;

    management mode control means at each node of said network, communicating with each communications network user at said node and responsive to the dynamic communications requirements of said users for selecting the mode of operation of said communication control means to exercise said network user Set Manager control means, said Set Leader control means and said network Registrar control means so that said network has active at any time only one said network Registrar control means in said communications network, only one Set Manager control means per node in said network and only one said Set Leader control means per set of users,means, including said Set Manager control means, for routing multicasting messages in the node in which that Set Manager Control means resides,means, including said Set Leader control means, for modifying the membership in said set of users corresponding to said Set Leader means; and

    means, including said Registrar control means, for insuring that there is only one of said Set Leader control means for each said set of users.

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