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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2022
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Priyanshu Lnu, Meerut, IN;
Ashutosh Aggarwal, New Delhi, IN;
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for prioritizing multicast streams in an Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) network are provided. According to one implementation, a process, which may be executed by a router, is configured, in response to a reboot scenario, to query a plurality of hosts regarding membership in a plurality of IGMP multicast streams according to predefined priority levels. The process is further configured to receive membership reports from the plurality of hosts. Also, the process is configured to request a server to restart the IGMP multicast streams according to the predefined priority levels.