Multicast splitting
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11012446B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-18

    申请号:US16218710

    申请日:2018-12-13

    Abstract: A system and method for transmitting packets to a plurality of network devices that cannot be accessed via a single multicast message is disclosed. The system includes a gateway controller that received a multicast request from a client, and creates a plurality of multicast messages based on the number of different security classes. The gateway controller parses the request from the client and identifies all of the desired destination nodes. The gateway controller then identifies the security class that each of these destination nodes belongs to. Based on this, the gateway controller then creates one or more multicast messages, where each multicast message is intended for the destination nodes that belong to a single security class. In certain embodiments, the gateway controller also aggregates the acknowledgments from the destination nodes and forwards this information to the client.

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