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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2001
Applicants:
David M. Carrel, Belvedere, CA (US);
Che-lin Ho, Zephyr Cove, NV (US);
Thomas M. Stoner, Raleigh, NC (US);
Michael D. Tracy, Foster City, CA (US);
Inventors:
David M. Carrel, Belvedere, CA (US);
Che-Lin Ho, Zephyr Cove, NV (US);
Thomas M. Stoner, Raleigh, NC (US);
Michael D. Tracy, Foster City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Redback Networks Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for PPPoE multicast is described. A computer implemented method comprises determining a PPPoE client to be multicast capable, determining a layer 2 multicast channel from a layer 3 multicast channel, and transmitting multicast traffic for the layer 2 multicast channel as PPPoE multicast traffic in a PPPoE multicast session to the PPPoE client.