Methods and arrangements for building a subsource address multicast distribution tree using traced routes

Methods and arrangements for facilitating the further development of a distribution tree among at least three nodes in a distributed network. A path is ascertained between a publisher node and a joining subscriber node, and each path between the publisher node and each existing subscriber node is also ascertained. These paths are compared and, on the basis of the comparison, the subscriber node is established as a child of another node.