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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2010
Bijendra Singh, Plano, TX (US);
Calvin Wan, Plano, TX (US);
Arindam Paul, Plano, TX (US);
Swati Mittal, Richardson, TX (US);
Bijendra Singh, Plano, TX (US);
Calvin Wan, Plano, TX (US);
Arindam Paul, Plano, TX (US);
Swati Mittal, Richardson, TX (US);
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki-shi, JP;
Abstract
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a method is provided for communicating multicast traffic. The method may include in response to receipt of multicast control traffic at a network element to be communicated to a protection switching group, communicating the multicast control traffic to each of a working path and a protection path of the protection switching group. The method may also include in response to receipt of multicast control traffic via either of the working path and the protection path, processing the multicast control traffic as if the multicast control traffic was received via both the working path and the protection path.