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US08830998B2 Separation of edge and routing/control information for multicast over shortest path bridging 有权
通过最短路径桥接分离边缘和路由/控制信息进行组播

Separation of edge and routing/control information for multicast over shortest path bridging
Abstract:
Techniques disclosed herein include systems and methods for providing a scalable solution to transmit edge IP Multicast sender information in a Shortest Path Bridging (SPB) network. Control information is exchanged between Ingress Backbone Edge Bridges and Egress Backbone Edge Bridges Such control messages do not cause path computations at Backbone Core Bridges within the SPB network. Such exchanges of control messages trigger sending SPB specific Intermediate System To Intermediate System (IS-IS) TLV control message with path computation information via IS-IS control messages. This second set of control messages is exchanged within the SPB network and includes source-specific multicast stream information that is used by Backbone Core Bridges to establish a multicast forward state and compute multicast forwarding paths. By separating edge and routing information, IP multicasting functionality within the SPB is provided while enabling scaling and new edge multicasting applications.
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