Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Network communication apparatus, network communication method, and program
- Patent Title (中): 网络通信装置，网络通信方法和程序
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Application No.: US13366986Application Date: 2012-02-06
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Publication No.: US09124438B2Publication Date: 2015-09-01
- Inventor: Hideaki Ogata
- Applicant: Hideaki Ogata
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Maschoff Brennan
- Priority: JP2011-023766 20110207
- Main IPC: H04L12/18
- IPC: H04L12/18 ; H04L29/12
Abstract:
A network communication apparatus which can transmit multicast packets includes a communication interface unit that has a plurality of IP addresses allocated thereto and transmits multicast packets using each of the plurality of IP addresses as a transmission source, and a multicast control unit that controls transmission of the multicast packets from the communication interface unit, groups the plurality of IP addresses in a plurality based on predetermined criteria, and sequentially transmits the multicast packets using one IP address belonging to each group as a transmission source with respect to all the IP addresses in each group.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120201245A1 NETWORK COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, NETWORK COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM Public/Granted day:2012-08-09
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