Multicast address in a local area network where the local area n

Details Multicast address in a local area network where the local area n Multicast address in a local area network where the local area n

1992-10-29

1994-06-14

Olms, Douglas W.

Multiplex communications

Wide area network

Packet switching

H04J 302, H04L 1246

Patent

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053216938

ABSTRACT:
Use of a multicast address in a LAN, where the LAN does not support an adequate multicast address space, is implemented. An apparatus is provided for delivering a multicast address to a station on a local area network, where the local area network does not support the multicast address. The frame is transmitted onto the local area network, where the frame has: a predetermined field containing a reference to the multicast address; an indicator, the indicator capable of being interpreted by a receiving station to mean that the multicast address may be recovered from the frame by parsing the frame; and an applications program may be executed in response to the multicast address. Also, the apparatus may have a receiving station capable of receiving the frame, and an applications program may be executed in the receiving station in response to the multicast address.

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