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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2007
Applicants:
Suresh Boddapati, Union City, CA (US);
Venugopal V. Hemige, Union City, CA (US);
Jayant Kotalwar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Suresh Boddapati, Union City, CA (US);
Venugopal V. Hemige, Union City, CA (US);
Jayant Kotalwar, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A multicast stream is received. At a non-designated router, a multicast stream is received with respect to which the non-designated router is not a designated router responsible for sending the multicast stream to a host. The received multicast stream is discarded.