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Receiving multicast traffic at non-designated routers

US8576702B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Alcatel Lucent · FR

Inventors

Suresh Boddapati · Union City, US
Venugopal Hemige · Union City, US
Jayant Kotalwar · Cupertino, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 23, 2007
Grant date	Nov 5, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 4, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L45/28
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A multicast stream is received. At a non-designated router, a multicast stream is received with respect to which the non-designated router is not a designated router responsible for sending the multicast stream to a host. The received multicast stream is discarded.

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