Systems and methods for managing medical device network communication

A medical device for transmitting and/or receiving at least one data stream through a medical network, comprising:

• a network interface configured for transmitting and/or receiving the at least one data stream using at least one multicast address stored in first memory;
• and
• a controller comprising one or more processors and second memory storing one or more programs for execution by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for causing the controller to:
• disable the network interface from transmitting and/or receiving the at least one data stream using the at least one multicast address stored in the first memory,
• determine whether to continue to use the at least one multicast address stored in the first memory,
• in accordance with a determination to continue to use the at least one multicast address stored in the first memory, enable the network interface such that the network interface can transmit and/or receive the at least one data stream using the at least one multicast address stored in the first memory, and
• in accordance with a determination not to continue to use the at least one multicast address stored in the first memory, clear the at least one multicast address from the first memory and enable the network interface.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing software comprising instructions that when executed by a computing system cause the computing system to perform the method of:

• transmitting and/or receiving the at least one data stream over the medical network by a network interface of the medical device using at least one multicast address stored in a memory of the medical device;
• and
• upon powering up of the medical device after a power loss to the medical device:
• disabling the network interface from transmitting and/or receiving the at least one data stream using the at least one multicast address stored in the memory,
• determining whether to continue to use the at least one multicast address stored in the memory,
• in accordance with a determination to continue to use the at least one multicast address stored in the memory, enabling the network interface such that the network interface can transmit and/or receive the at least one data stream using the at least one multicast address stored in the memory, and
• in accordance with a determination not to continue to use the at least one multicast address stored in the memory, clearing the at least one multicast address from the memory and enabling the network interface.