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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2004
Applicant:
Gargi Nalawade, Milpitas, CA (US);
Inventor:
Gargi Nalawade, Milpitas, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/56 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing multicast messages across a data communication network, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of: receiving a multicast join message; adding to the multicast join message a next hop and an address of a router to which the multicast message is to be sent; forwarding the multicast message based on the next hop address.