Patent ID: 8358595

Claim:
A distributed method for keeping routing tables of nodes of an unstable dissemination network up to date, said nodes joining or leaving said network unpredictably, the method comprising the following steps: each node periodically sending a synchronization message to all other remote nodes, a period for sending a synchronization message to all other remote nodes increasing when the network is stabilizing, the remote nodes all being synchronized and a local routing table not evolving; and each node sending a synchronization message to another remote node when said another remote node is desynchronized; wherein for each node: a synchronization message contains information allowing deduction of a most recent version of the local table of the node and information allowing deduction of versions of tables of the other remote nodes which are known by the node; and a synchronization message is sent to another remote node when said another remote node has previously sent a synchronization message allowing deduction that said another remote node does not know the most recent version of the local table of the node.