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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2011
Huajin Jeng, Middletown, NJ (US);
Pravin Kumar Johri, Aberdeen, NJ (US);
Han Nguyen, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Samir Saad, Ocean, NJ (US);
Huajin Jeng, Middletown, NJ (US);
Pravin Kumar Johri, Aberdeen, NJ (US);
Han Nguyen, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Samir Saad, Ocean, NJ (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to provide a multicast virtual private network (MVPN) are disclosed. An example method includes sending a multicast receiver route received from one of a multicast service processor or a provider edge router to another of the multicast service processor or the provider edge router, wherein the multicast service processor is communicatively coupled to the provider edge router via a multicast control plane topology that is non-congruent to a unicast control plane topology, and replicating multicast data received from the other of the multicast service processor or the provider edge router to the one of the provider edge router or the multicast service processor based on the multicast receiver route.