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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2023
Applicant:
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventor:
Zhaohui Zhang, Westford, MA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP, Spring, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/02 (2022.01); H04L 45/00 (2022.01); H04L 45/16 (2022.01); H04L 45/74 (2022.01); H04L 45/748 (2022.01); H04L 47/80 (2022.01); H04L 61/5069 (2022.01); H04L 65/611 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04L 45/16 (2013.01); H04L 45/32 (2013.01); H04L 45/74 (2013.01); H04L 45/748 (2013.01); H04L 47/806 (2013.01); H04L 61/5069 (2022.05); H04L 65/611 (2022.05);
Abstract
BIER architecture currently does not support anycast, in that each BIER Forwarding Router (BFR) has its own unique BFR-prefix and BFR-ID. BIER signaling protocols also check if there are duplicate BFR-IDs advertised. Anycast support with BIER is described. The description updates (e.g., relaxes and/or removes some requirements of) RFC 8279, RFC 8401, and RFC 8444.