Pim proxy over evpn fabric
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsMankamana Prasad Mishra, Nitin Kumar, Ali Sajassi, Swadesh Agrawal
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Abstract
A system and associated methods provide solutions for reducing a volume of traffic through a multicast network attributed to repeated maintenance messages, which are required in order to maintain a multicast connection. The system configures provider edge devices to generate and send maintenance messages on behalf of members of a multicast group to establish and maintain the multicast connection and provides options for determining unknown locations of sources and/or subscribers, thereby reducing the overall volume of traffic transmitted over the multicast network.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a provider edge router of a network, a multicast content message associated with a multicast group;
- determining, by the provider edge router, a subscriber of the multicast group to receive the multicast content message;
- and
- forwarding, by the provider edge router, the multicast content message to the subscriber using a segment route associated with the subscriber.
A system comprising:
- one or more processors;
- and
- one or more memories storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to:
- receive, by a provider edge router of a network, a multicast content message associated with a multicast group;
- determine, by the provider edge router, a subscriber of the multicast group to receive the multicast content message;
- and
- forward, by the provider edge router, the multicast content message to the subscriber using a segment route associated with the subscriber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.