Patent ID: 7672325
Filing Date: 2010-03-02
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of distributing an Internet Group Membership Protocol version 3 (IGMPv3) General Membership Query (GMQ) Report message processing load, comprising: receiving a GMQ with an IGMPv3 host; extracting, with the IGMPv3 host, a <max deriving with the IGMPv3 host, a max records number from the <max determining, with the IGMPv3 host, a number of current-state Group Records; computing, with the IGMPv3 host, a required number of timers to respond to the GMQ by dividing the number of current-state Group Records by the max records number; starting, with the IQMPv3 host, the required number of timers, wherein each timer has a random interval before expiration; and sending, with the IGMPv3 host, a Report message upon expiration of each timer, the Report message containing up to the max