发明名称 Method and apparatus for routing and congestion control in multicast networks
摘要 An embodiment consistent with the present invention includes a method and apparatus for distributing multicast data. The method may be performed by a data processor and comprises the steps of forming a multicast repair tree including a sender, a plurality of heads, and a plurality of receivers, wherein at least one head is associated with the sender and at least one receiver is associated with the head; sending, by a sender to the plurality of heads and the plurality of receivers, a plurality of multicast messages at a data rate; receiving, by the sender from one of the plurality of heads, a congestion status associated with a receiver of the head; and slowing the data rate, by the sender, in accordance with the congestion status.
申请公布号 US6151633(A) 申请公布日期 2000.11.21
申请号 US19980063637 申请日期 1998.04.20
申请人 SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 发明人 HURST, STEPHEN A.;WESLEY, JOSEPH;HANNA, STEPHEN R.;KADANSKY, MIRIAM C.;ROSENZWEIG, PHILIP M.
分类号 H04L12/18;(IPC1-7):G06F13/00 主分类号 H04L12/18
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