Multicast shortcut routing method
CA 2292981 A1 · Owner: Livens, Wim · Inventors: Ooms, Dirk; Dumortier, Philip Vincent; Livens, Wim
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A shortcut routing method is used in an Internet Protocol network over a network. This network, including a plurality of switch-routers and optionally a, plurality of routers interconnected by links is adapted to carry a point-to-, multipoint connection between a sending host and a plurality of potential receiving hosts. Each of these receiving hosts is coupled to one of the plurality of, routers and/or switch-routers. A first data-packet of an Internet Protocol packet-flow is broadcasted from the sending host towards all potential receiving hosts and wherein each potential receiving host of these potential receiving hosts may send upon, reception of said first data-packet a …
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- Filed December 21, 1999. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended December 21, 2019.
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