Multiplex communications – Pathfinding or routing – Through a circuit switch
Patent
1996-12-13
1999-04-27
Pham, Chi H.
Multiplex communications
Pathfinding or routing
Through a circuit switch
370401, 370432, H04L 1246
Patent
active
058986863
ABSTRACT:
A system and method are disclosed for routing multicast packets in a subnetwork so as to conserve bandwidth in at least some of the network segments or collision domains of the subnetwork. In particular, multicast packets are only retransmitted in the network segments that are on a path to a host that is a member of the multicast group of hosts to which the multicast packet is destined.
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