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AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
InventorsAntoni Przygienda, Evgeny Tantsura
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Exemplary methods include a first network device participating in an election process to determine a designated bit forwarding router (D-BFR). The methods include in response to determining the first network device is elected to be the D-BFR, performing D-BFR operations comprising assigning one or more bitmask positions (BMPs) to one or more bit forwarding egress routers (BFERs) and advertising the assigned one or more BMPs. The method may further include one or more of determining an elected bitmask (BM) length based on maximum local BM lengths advertised by other BFRs and determining an elected tree type based on supported tree types advertised by other BFRs.
A method in a first network device that is communicatively coupled to a plurality of other network devices in a network, wherein the first network device and each of the other network devices are bit forwarding routers (BFRs), and wherein the first network device is selected to be a designated BFR (D-BFR), the method comprising:
A first network device that is communicatively coupled to a plurality of other network devices in a network, wherein the first network device and each of the other network devices are bit forwarding routers (BFRs), the first network device comprising:
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer code stored therein, which when executed by a processor of a first network device that is communicatively coupled to a plurality of other network devices in a network, wherein the first network device and each of the other network devices are bit forwarding routers (BFRs), causes the first network device, when acting as a designated BFR (D-BFR), to perform operations comprising:
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