Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods for managing a pool of multicast addresses and allocating addresses in a communications system
- Patent Title (中): 管理多播地址池并在通信系统中分配地址的方法
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Application No.: US10334635Application Date: 2002-12-31
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Publication No.: US07023813B2Publication Date: 2006-04-04
- Inventor: Donald G. Newberg , Matthew Keller , Ross J. Lillie , James E. Mathis
- Applicant: Donald G. Newberg , Matthew Keller , Ross J. Lillie , James E. Mathis
- Applicant Address: US IL Schaumburg
- Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Schaumburg
- Agent Valerie M. Davis
- Main IPC: H04H1/00
- IPC: H04H1/00

Abstract:
In a communications system having a plurality of endpoints each including a logical entity and its physical counterpart, a method for managing a pool of multicast addresses. The method including the steps of: generating a pool of available multicast addresses; receiving a request for a multicast address; allocating a multicast address for usage subject to at least a first limitation; monitoring the usage of the allocated multicast address; and reclaiming the allocated multicast address if as a function of the monitoring it is detected that a first condition is met, and causing the allocated multicast address to be placed into the pool of available multicast addresses.
Public/Granted literature
- US20040131060A1 Methods for managing a pool of multicast addresses and allocating addresses in a communications system Public/Granted day:2004-07-08
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