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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2011
Yiqun Cai, Cupertino, CA (US);
Heidi Ou, Saratoga, CA (US);
Liming Wei, Fremont, CA (US);
Apoorva Karan, San Ramon, CA (US);
Yiqun Cai, Cupertino, CA (US);
Heidi Ou, Saratoga, CA (US);
Liming Wei, Fremont, CA (US);
Apoorva Karan, San Ramon, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a packet at an upstream node in communication with a source and in communication with a downstream node through equal cost multiple paths including first and second multi-access networks, the packet transmitted on the first multi-access network and associated with a multicast group, and transmitting from the upstream node a request to the downstream node to join the group on the second multi-access network, if the upstream node is already transmitting data to the group on the second multi-access network, or a bandwidth utilization at the first multi-access network exceeds a specified threshold. An apparatus is also disclosed.