Method and apparatus for improved IGMP group membership messaging

Method and apparatus for improved IGMP group membership messaging

A method and apparatus for controlling a Report message processing load at an IGMPv3 proxy/router. A variable governs a number of current-state Group Records that can be sent in an IGMPv3 Report message in response to a General Membership Query (GMQ). The variable may be provisioned in IGMPv3 hosts,...

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Hauptverfasser: Storry, Charles Michael, Desseyn, Frank, MacIntosh, Robert W
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:A method and apparatus for controlling a Report message processing load at an IGMPv3 proxy/router. A variable governs a number of current-state Group Records that can be sent in an IGMPv3 Report message in response to a General Membership Query (GMQ). The variable may be provisioned in IGMPv3 hosts, or dynamically provided by the IGMPv3 proxy/routers, which embed the variable in the GMQs.