Secure, multi-tenancy aware and bandwidth-efficient data center multicast

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9438435
APP PUB NO 20150222445A1
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14169956

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Methods and arrangements for providing multicast communication. There is defined a first multicast tenant group comprising a plurality of hosts distributed over a plurality of locations. Communication is established with respect to the first multicast tenant group via: defining a routing tree, and using a multicast address space for communication with the hosts via the routing tree. The multicast address space is reused with respect to a second multicast tenant group. Other variants and embodiments are broadly contemplated herein.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Iyer, Aakash S New Delhi, IN 2 50
Kumar, Praveen Gorakhpur, IN 71 1084
Mann, Vijay Gurgaon, IN 33 979

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