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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2022
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Manikandan Panchanathan, Chennai, IN;
Vengada Prasad Govindan, Chennai, IN;
Alfred C. Lindem, III, Cary, NC (US);
Assignee:
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04L 12/44 (2006.01); H04L 45/122 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/1886 (2013.01); H04L 12/44 (2013.01); H04L 45/122 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to certain embodiments, a method by a router in a software-defined wide-area network (SDWAN) includes determining one or more replicators in the SDWAN and generating a multicast distribution tree that includes the determined one or more replicators. The method further includes receiving multicast traffic from a source and creating a (S,G) route for the received multicast traffic. The method further includes replicating the multicast traffic using the multicast distribution tree.