Alcatel Lucent

Venugopal Hemige

Jayant Kotalwar

Suresh Boddapati

Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: receiving, at the network node, a packet including a destination address of the packet; resolving the destination address of the packet to a first address of a first receiving node; identifying a second address of a second receiving node as being associated with the first address; and transmitting the packet to both the first address and the second address.

Server-side load balancing using parent-child link aggregation groups

Avoiding duplicative forwarding of multicast traffic is disclosed. A join message received at a first router is directed to a peer router of the first router from a first downstream node of the first router and the peer router without passing through the peer router. The join message indicates that one or more downstream nodes of the peer desire to receive from the peer multicast traffic specified in the join message. It is determined whether the join message from the first downstream node to the peer would result in duplicative forwarding by the peer of multicast traffic from an upstream source upstream of the peer and the first router based on the join message. Based at least in part on a determination that the join message would result in duplicative forwarding of the multicast traffic, an election procedure is initiated to avoid such duplicative forwarding of the multicast traffic.

Data plane independent assert election

A multicast stream is received. At a non-designated router, a multicast stream is received with respect to which the non-designated router is not a designated router responsible for sending the multicast stream to a host. The received multicast stream is discarded.

Receiving multicast traffic at non-designated routers

Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: establishing, at the network node, a first Child Link Aggregation Group (CLAG), wherein the first CLAG includes at least one link to a first downstream node; establishing, at the network node, a second CLAG, wherein the second CLAG includes at least one link to a second downstream node; establishing, at the network node, a Parent Link Aggregation Group (PLAG), wherein the PLAG includes the first CLAG and the second CLAG; receiving, at the network node, a packet including an address of a destination of the packet; determining that the destination of the packet is associated with the PLAG; and transmitting the packet over both the first CLAG and the second CLAG.

A data plane independent assert election is disclosed. A join message directed to a peer is received. An election procedure to avoid duplicative forwarding of multicast traffic is initiated based at least in part on a determination that the join message would result in duplicative forwarding of multicast traffic.

Growing community of inventors

Union City, CA, United States of America

Venugopal Hemige