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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2023
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Vengada Prasad Govindan, Chennai, IN;
Aswin Kuppusami, Chennai, IN;
Stig Ingvar Venaas, Portland, OR (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In an aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure is directed to network control topology that implements a centralized network controller to deterministically assign, and reassign, underlay multicast groups according to one or more policies and/or parameterized intent of the network administrator. The centralized network controller, in some embodiments, comprises a map server-map resolver controller configured to provide deterministic and centralized allocation of LISP underlay multicast groups, e.g., to provide security, traffic engineering, network and resource management.