Fast convergence for multicast traffic on multilink failover
US11528157B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 19, 2021 |
| Grant date | Dec 13, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 19, 2041 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L45/16
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Peer devices in a peer group of provider edge devices to which a customer edge device is multi-homed, advertise Selective Multicast Ethernet Tag (SMET) routes to other peer devices on a core to receive traffic addressed to a multicast group. The peer devices in the peer group advertise the SMET routes irrespective of whether they are the designated forwarder or not. A peer device receiving traffic for the multicast group will drop the packet if it is not the designated forwarder and will forward the packet if it is the designated forwarder.
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