Single actual-forwarder election in multicast VPNs
US10382217B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 30, 2016 |
| Grant date | Aug 13, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 26, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L45/16
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In some examples, a method includes receiving, by a first ingress network device of a network, a source tree join route message from an egress network device of the network, the source tree join route message specifying a multicast source and a multicast group, and in response to receiving, by the first ingress network device, a source active auto-discovery route message from a second ingress network device of the network indicating that the second ingress network device has switched from using a shared multicast tree to using a shortest path tree to deliver multicast traffic from the multicast source, electing one of the first ingress network device or the second ingress network device as a single active forwarder for forwarding the multicast traffic received from the multicast source for the multicast group.
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