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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2022
Applicant:
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Vinod Kumar Nagaraj, Cupertino, CA (US);
Vikram Nagarajan, Bangalore, IN;
Zhaohui Zhang, Westford, MA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Spring, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/76 (2022.01); H04L 45/00 (2022.01); H04L 45/16 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/16 (2013.01); H04L 45/22 (2013.01); H04L 45/76 (2022.05);
Abstract
A network device may receive a first redundant multicast flow indication from a first network device, and may receive a second redundant multicast flow indication from a second network device. The device may designate a primary multicast flow based on the first redundant multicast flow indication, and may designate a backup multicast flow based on the second redundant multicast flow indication. The device may accept the primary multicast flow and may discard the backup multicast flow.