Patent ID: 8457127
Filing Date: 2013-06-04
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for reducing multicast traffic over a network, the method comprising: receiving a control request at a node of the network, wherein the control request comprises a request to recognize the node that sent the request as a controlling node that manages other nodes in the network; comparing a first ranking indicator associated with the control request with a second ranking indicator associated with the node that received the control request; generating a first response to the control request, wherein the first response is generated if the ranking indicator associated with the control request is less than the ranking indicator associated with the node that received the control request; storing the first response in a queue; and receiving another first response, which another node sends in response to the control request, regarding the another first response as a second response, and removing the first response from the queue so as not to send duplicate first responses on the network.