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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2018
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ijsbrand Wijnands, Leuven, BE;
Gregory J. Shepherd, Eugene, OR (US);
Nagendra Kumar Nainar, Morrisville, NC (US);
Christian Martin, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04L 12/761 (2013.01); H04L 12/741 (2013.01); H04L 12/705 (2013.01); H04L 12/723 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/18 (2013.01); H04L 12/1886 (2013.01); H04L 45/16 (2013.01); H04L 45/74 (2013.01); H04L 45/18 (2013.01); H04L 45/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various systems and methods for performing bit indexed explicit replication (BIER) using IPv6. For example, one method involves receiving, at a node, a packet that includes an IP header. The packet also includes a multicast forwarding entry. The method also involves comparing the multicast forwarding entry with forwarding information stored by the node and selecting a neighbor based on the comparing. The method further includes forwarding the packet to the neighbor.