Patent ID: 7233987
Filing Date: 2007-06-19
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of generating a request in a protocol for processing by a network element the request being generated from another request in another protocol issued from another network element, said another request having group information for identifying a group of network elements that accesses a service, and said request having at least one additional field of information than said another request, said method comprising: receiving said another request; analyzing said another request and the group information provided therein to determine the source for the service; generating source information identifying the source, the source information providing additional information than in the another request; and generating the request to incorporate the source information and the group information for processing at the network element in the protocol; wherein said service is a multicast transmission within a communication network encompassing the source, the network element, the another network element, and the group of network elements; wherein said source is determined by accessing data relating sources to their groups which are configured in said network; and, wherein said data is accessible by each network element that is a router in said network.