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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2012
Alok Gulati, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Kunal Shah, San Francisco, CA (US);
Alok Gulati, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Kunal Shah, San Francisco, CA (US);
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A method for replicating a control packet in a forwarding plane of a network element, the control packet being destined for a plurality of subscriber end stations. The forwarding plane receives the control packet from a control plane and detects a replication indicator associated with the control packet. The forwarding plane determines the plurality of subscriber end stations as each of the plurality of subscriber end stations is associated with the control packet. The forwarding plane then replicates the control packet for each of the plurality of subscriber end stations and distributes the replicated control packets to the plurality of subscriber end stations.