Patent ID: 7054276
Filing Date: 2006-05-30
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for the multicast distribution of a message from a first real machine through a network of message processing machines to one or more message receiving machines, wherein the network is organized into two or more cells including machines, and wherein one or more links between cells comprise link bundles, the method comprising the steps of: selecting a spanning tree rooted in the cell containing the first real machine, and comprised of the cells and the link bundles; determining one or more receiving cells including a message receiving machine on the selected spanning tree; selecting a cellule in each of the one or more receiving cells to receive the message, wherein each cellule comprises a set of one or more virtual machines within a cell at an end of a link bundle; selecting a route to each selected cellule from a routing choice table of the first real machine including potential routing choices to reachable cellules relative to the first real machine; routing the message to each selected cellule in the one or more receiving cells in the spanning tree; and delivering the message to each message receiving machine within the one or more receiving cells.