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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2011
Jeffrey D. Taft, Washington, PA (US);
Navindra Yadav, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jeffrey D. Taft, Washington, PA (US);
Navindra Yadav, Cupertino, CA (US);
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving phasor measurement unit (PMU) data in a first transmission; converting the first transmission into a multicast transmission; and multicasting the PMU data to a multicast group address, which identifies a plurality of subscribers. In more specific implementations, the converting of the first transmission into the multicast transmission occurs at a first-hop router in relation to a PMU source that sent the first transmission. In some cases, the first transmission is a unicast transmission sent from a network element, which includes a PMU sensor.