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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2015
Applicant:
Zte Corporation, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, CN;
Inventors:
Benchong Xu, Shenzhen, CN;
Xiaoli Ji, Shenzhen, CN;
Assignee:
ZTE Corporation, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, CN;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04L 12/751 (2013.01); H04L 12/761 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 61/2069 (2013.01); H04L 45/026 (2013.01); H04L 61/6004 (2013.01); H04L 45/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system for reducing changes in a designated router (DR) of a protocol independent multicast (PIM) protocol are disclosed. The method includes: after a PIM device joins a shared network, an interface of the PIM device receiving a Hello message sent by other PIM device in the shared network, wherein the Hello message carries a DR address option; and the interface of the PIM device using a currently used DR address carried in the Hello message as a DR address of the interface.