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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2015
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Robert W. Kebler, Newburyport, MA (US);
Vikram Nagarajan, Chennai, IN;
Bharath RadhaKrishna Bhat, Bangalore, IN;
Anish Peter, Bangalore, IN;
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques are described for enhancements to multicast Label Distribution Protocol (mLDP) to support multicast only fast re-route (MoFRR) over a remote loop free alternate (RLFA) backup path. An egress router is configured to generate a modified mLDP control message to signal the RLFA backup path in which an address of a RLFA node is included in an LSPRoot field and an address of an ingress router is included in an opaque data field. In addition, the RLFA node of the RLFA backup path is configured to recognize that it is identified in the LSPRoot field of the modified mLDP control message, and, in response, look up the ingress router identified in the opaque data field of the modified mLDP control message. The RLFA node is further configured to send an mLDP control message that includes the address of the ingress router in the LSPRoot field towards the ingress router.