The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2016
Big Switch Networks, Inc, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Mary Preeti Manohar, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Rajneesh Bajpai, San Jose, CA (US);
Ning Song, Milpitas, CA (US);
Srinivasan Ramasubramanian, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Shunjia Yu, San Jose, CA (US);
Richard Lane, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kiran Gandhi Poola, Milpitas, CA (US);
Kenneth H. Chiang, Fremont, CA (US);
Robert W. Sherwood, Oakland, CA (US);
Big Switch Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
In various example embodiments, a system and method for optimizing management of a multicast tree are disclosed. The system receives first multicast group member information, from over a network and via a first packet forwarding system, at a controller server that provides for control of a network comprised of a first virtual local area network including a first packet forwarding system, the first multicast group member information being received by the first packet forwarding system and describing a first end-host computer as joining a first multicast group on the first virtual local area network. The system generates a multicast tree, at the controller server, and communicates a network configuration message to at least one packet forwarding system of a first plurality of packet forwarding systems to enable communication of the multicast traffic for the first multicast group over a portion of the multicast tree.