Alcatel Lucent

Provenance Asset Group LLC

Srikrishnan Venkataraman

Pradeep G Jain

Kanwar D Singh

Jaishal Shah

Prashanth Ishwar

Nisha Desai

Sivaramakrishna Kuditipudi

Jeremy Fine

Will Lockhart

Geetha Rema Devi

Sandeep Bishnoi

A multicast path trace capability is provided for tracing a multicast path from a root node to a leaf node where the trace originates at the leaf node. The leaf node sends a multicast trace request to the root node. The root node receives the multicast trace request and initiates a path trace request for collecting path information associated with the multicast path. The root node receives at least one path trace response, in response to the path trace request, which includes path information associated with the multicast path. The root node sends a multicast trace response, including the collected path information, to the leaf node. The leaf node receives the multicast trace response including the path information. The leaf node derives end-to-end path information for the multicast path using the path information received in the multicast trace response. The multicast path trace capability may be used for tracing an MPLS multicast path (e.g., a P2MP LSP) from a root node to a leaf node of the MPLS multicast tree. The multicast path trace capability may be used for tracing multicast paths in other types of multicast networks.

Method and apparatus for performing multicast traces in MPLS networks

A system, method and apparatus for causing network routers such as Area Border Routers (ABRs) to use a preferred tie-breaking mechanism to select one path in the event of an ERO expansion operation resulting in multiple equal cost paths.

System and method for inter-domain RSVP-TE LSP load balancing

A method, apparatus, and machine readable storage medium is for management of an Inclusive Provider Multicast Service Interface (I-PMSI) tunnel for forwarding traffic for a given multicast flow is disclosed. Aspects of the method comprise: upon expiry of an S-PMSI_DELAY interval timer, switching the multicast flow from the I-PMSI tunnel to a Selective Provider Multicast Service Interface (S-PMSI) tunnel only if the number of active Source-to-Leaf (S2L) paths exceeds a defined first threshold of a number of S2L paths and otherwise resetting the S-PMSI_DELAY interval timer. Other aspects provide for switching the multicast flow from the I-PMSI tunnel to the S-PMSI tunnel only if the number of PE nodes associated with the S-PMSI tunnel interested in the multicast flow does not exceed a defined a second threshold. Other aspects, in the case of the S-PMSI tunnel being active, further comprise steps of switching the multicast flow from the S-PMSI tunnel to the I-PMSI tunnel if the number of S2L paths on S-PMSI in bypass exceeds a third defined threshold.

System, method and apparatus for efficient management of S-PMSI resource in RSVP P2MP multicast networks

A system, method and apparatus for performing a constraint base shortest path computation (CSPF) in a manner excluding those nodes indicated as having failed an ERO expansion, the indication being provided via an error code within an RSVP path message associated with setup of an alternate LSP.

System, method and apparatus for signaling and responding to ERO expansion failure in inter-domain TE LSP

A method for providing a Backup Label Switched Path for a specified Bypass Label Switch Path is disclosed. The method for providing a Backup Label Switched Path for a specified Bypass Label Switch Path includes establishing a Bypass LSP having an end-to-end path; obtaining the nodes traversed by the end-to-end path; generating a request to a path calculator which using the nodes provided on the end-to-end path calculates a path disjoint to those nodes; and signaling the calculated disjoint path as a Backup LSP for the Bypass LSP. The method for providing a Backup Label Switched Path for a specified Bypass Label Switch Path provides protection advantages over systems known in the art by providing capability for handling double failure scenarios.

System and method providing standby bypass for double failure protection in MPLS network

A system, method and apparatus for source redundant MVPN in which a number of Interface Indices is reduced by leaf node Incoming Label Maps (ILM) including one or more Interface Indices common to multiple tunnels.

System and method for efficient MVPN source redundancy with S-PMSI

One example embodiment of the method includes receiving first control packets, by a first node, from a source node. The first control packets indicate the status of the source node. Whether the source node is operational and if a connection path between the first node and the source node is operational is determined based on the received first control packets. The method further includes sending a second control packet to a downstream node if the source node is non-operational, or the connection is non-operational. The second control packet includes at least one value indicating the source node is unreliable.

Fast upstream source failure detection

A capability is provided for switching between primary and standby multicast trees on a network egress node of a multicast network. The network egress node includes a first MPLS LABEL Record including a first tree identifier of the first multicast tree, a second MPLS LABEL Record including a second tree identifier of the second multicast tree, and a MULTICAST Record including a plurality of primary tree identifiers and a plurality of standby tree identifiers. The MPLS LABEL Records include parameters, respectively, where the values of the parameters are indicative of respective packet processing rules to be applied for determining whether to accept or discard packets. When the parameter of an MPLS LABEL Record is set to a first value, a determination as to whether to accept or discard a packet received via the associated multicast tree is performed by comparing the tree identifier of the MPLS LABEL Record only to primary tree identifiers of the MULTICAST Record. When the parameter of an MPLS LABEL Record is set to a second value, a determination as to whether to accept or discard a packet received via the associated multicast tree is performed by comparing the tree identifier of the MPLS LABEL Record to primary tree identifiers of the MULTICAST Record or standby tree identifiers of the MULTICAST Record.

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