Many-to-Many embedded multicast addressing and access control method.

Romdhani, Imed

Abstract

A new addressing scheme for multicast IP with an extended scope field to include access rights. A new addressing scheme for multicast communications is disclosed. A new extended scope field is used which embeds a plurality of hierarchical scopes and associates each scope with access rights. This distinguishes between one-to-many and many-to-many addresses and simplifies administration and security. The invention applies equally to IPv4 and IPv6 address schemes.

• Publication Date: 2012
• Deposit Date: Oct 29, 2012
• Publicly Available Date: May 16, 2017
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Keywords: multicast IP; access rights; multicast communications; one-to-many; many-to-many; address schemes
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/5705
• Contract Date: May 16, 2017