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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2025

Filed:

Mar. 04, 2024
Applicant:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Mankamana Prasad Mishra, San Jose, CA (US);

Anuj Budhiraja, San Jose, CA (US);

Nitin Kumar, San Jose, CA (US);

Sridhar Santhanam, Dublin, CA (US);

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/10 (2022.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04L 41/0677 (2022.01); H04L 43/0829 (2022.01); H04L 43/16 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/15 (2013.01); H04L 12/18 (2013.01); H04L 41/0677 (2013.01); H04L 43/0829 (2013.01); H04L 43/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

In an example method, a network administrative device receives an indication that a multicast data flow is experiencing traffic loss. The administrative device transmits instructions to a last hop to begin monitoring incoming traffic, if the last hop is receiving expected traffic, the last hop sends it location to the administrative device. If the last hop is not receiving expected traffic, it sends instruction to a next upstream device to start monitoring incoming traffic. Based on receiving a message indicating the location of the last hop, the administrative device determines a network fault is occurring at a location of the last hop. Based on receiving a message indicating a location of an upstream device, the administrative device determines a network fault is occurring at the location of the upstream device.


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