Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Network provider bridge MMRP registration snooping
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Application No.: US12706260Application Date: 2010-02-16
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Publication No.: US08428062B2Publication Date: 2013-04-23
- Inventor: Sri Sairam Goli , CunZhi Lu , Ramanarayanan Ramakrishnan , Ramasamy Ramanathan
- Applicant: Sri Sairam Goli , CunZhi Lu , Ramanarayanan Ramakrishnan , Ramasamy Ramanathan
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Harrity & Harrity, LLP
- Main IPC: H04L12/56
- IPC: H04L12/56
Abstract:
A provider edge bridge in a service provider network receives multiple media access control (MAC) Registration Protocol (MMRP) registration messages from customer networks via tunnels. The provider edge bridge snoops the MMRP registration messages to obtain multicast MAC addresses from the registration messages, and tunnels the MMRP registration messages toward one or more other bridges. The provider edge bridge constructs multicast forwarding tables based on the multicast addresses obtained from snooping the MMRP registrations, and uses the multicast forwarding tables for forwarding data units from the provider edge bridge towards destinations.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110200042A1 NETWORK PROVIDER BRIDGE MMRP REGISTRATION SNOOPING Public/Granted day:2011-08-18
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