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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2019
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Ijsbrand Wijnands, Leuven, BE;
Mankamana Prasad Mishra, Dublin, CA (US);
Nagendra Kumar Nainar, Morrisville, NC (US);
Luc De Ghein, Deinze, BE;
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Seamless multipoint label distribution protocol (mLDP) transport over a bit index explicit replication (BIER) core may be provided. First, it may be determined that a first plurality of network devices comprise BIER edge routers. Then, in response to determining that the first plurality of network devices comprise BIER edge routers, a Targeted Label Distribution Protocol (T-LDP) session may be created between a first one of the first plurality of network devices and a second one of the first plurality of network devices. Next, an address of a peer device connected to the second one of the first plurality of network devices may be advertised by the second one of the first plurality of network devices over the T-LDP session.