Modified designated forwarder election process for non-overlapping broadcast domains
US11469991B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 20, 2021 |
| Grant date | Oct 11, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 20, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L45/66
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Embodiments described herein relate to techniques for designated forwarder (DF) elections, which may include: obtaining DF candidates that are part of a supplementary broadcast domain (SBD), wherein the DF candidate is one of the plurality of DF candidates for the SBD; performing a SBD DF election process to determine an SBD DF winner from among the DF candidates; making a first determination that the DF candidate is not the SBD DF winner; making second determination that a first broadcast domain (BD) provisioned on the DF candidate is not provisioned on the SBD DF winner; excluding the first BD from a set of BDs that are also provisioned on the SBD DF winner; performing additional DF election processes for each BD of the set of BDs; and processing multicast traffic based at least in part on the SBD DF election process and the additional DF election processes.
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