Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method to transport bidir PIM over a multiprotocol label switched network
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Application No.: US12126424Application Date: 2008-05-23
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Publication No.: US08391185B2Publication Date: 2013-03-05
- Inventor: Jacob Ijsbrand Wijnands , Arjen Boers
- Applicant: Jacob Ijsbrand Wijnands , Arjen Boers
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
- Main IPC: H04L12/28
- IPC: H04L12/28 ; H04L12/56

Abstract:
A method, system and an apparatus to transport bidir PIM over a multiprotocol label switched network are provided. The method may comprise receiving a multicast packet at a network element, the multicast packet including an upstream label. The method may further comprise identifying, from the upstream label, a Multicast Distribution Tree (MDT) rooted at a rendezvous point. The packet may be forwarded along the MDT towards the RP based on the upstream label. The MDT may be identified from a downstream label and the packet may be forwarded along the MDT away from the RP based on the downstream label.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080298360A1 METHOD TO TRANSPORT BIDIR PIM OVER A MULTIPROTOCOL LABEL SWITCHED NETWORK Public/Granted day:2008-12-04
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