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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2012
Applicant:
Futurewei Technologies, Co., Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
T. Benjamin Mack-Crane, Downers Grove, IL (US);
Peter Ashwood-Smith, Quebec, CA;
Assignee:
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/753 (2013.01); H04L 12/761 (2013.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04L 12/721 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/185 (2013.01); H04L 45/48 (2013.01); H04L 45/66 (2013.01); H04L 45/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A network component comprising a memory coupled to a processor, wherein the memory comprises instructions that cause the processor to select a first multicast routing mode from a plurality of multicast routing modes supported by a network comprising the network component, assign the first multicast routing mode to a first multicast flow, and advertise a first information frame to a first plurality of nodes, wherein the first information frame provides the assignment of the first multicast routing mode to the first multicast flow.