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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2013
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Behcet Sarikaya, Wylie, TX (US);
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A network element (NE) comprising a processor configured to cause the NE to act as a default router for an Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) to Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) translation entity, and configure the IGMP to MLD translation entity with a multicast translation prefix by including the multicast translation prefix in a router advertisement (RA) message sent to the IGMP to MLD translation entity. Also disclosed is a method comprising configuring an IGMP to MLD translation entity by transmitting a RA message to the IGMP to MLD translation entity, wherein the RA message comprises at least one multicast translation prefix.