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IP multicast service join process for MPLS-based virtual private cloud networking

US8831000B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) · SE

Inventors

Ramesh Mishra · San Jose, US
Howard Green · Carlsbad, US
Stephan Baucke · Milpitas, US
James Kempf · Mountain View, US
Mallik Tatipamula · San Jose, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 10, 2012
Grant date	Sep 9, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 25, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L12/185
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A multicast cloud controller (“MCC”) in a cloud system implements a process to manage multicast traffic in a cloud network. The MCC is coupled to at least one virtualized server for hosting one or more virtual machines (“VM”), wherein the virtualized server comprises at least one virtual switch (“VS”) that supports multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) and the virtual switch is coupled to a top of rack switch (“TORS”) that supports MPLS. MPLS is utilized to support multicast data traffic in the cloud system such that the system and method reduces state and is scalable.

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