Multipoint Seamless Bi-Directional Forwarding Detection

A system comprising:

• a memory storage;
• and
• a processing unit coupled to the memory storage, wherein the processing unit is operative to:
• receive, from a headend device, a discriminator and data identifying the headend device;
• start a reflector session in response to receiving the discriminator, the reflector session corresponding to the discriminator and the data identifying the headend device;
• receive, by the reflector session, a control packet from the headend device;
• determine, by the reflector session, that the control packet includes data corresponding to the discriminator;
• and
• send, by the reflector session, a reply packet to the headend device in response to determining that the control packet includes the discriminator.

A computer-readable medium that stores a set of instructions which when executed perform a method executed by the set of instructions comprising:

• receiving, by a node from a headend device, a discriminator and data identifying the headend device;
• starting, by the node, a reflector session in response to receiving the discriminator, the reflector session corresponding to the discriminator and the data identifying the headend device;
• receiving, by the reflector session on the node, a control packet from the headend device;
• sending, by the reflector session on the node, a reply packet to the headend device in response to determining that the control packet includes the discriminator.