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System and method for passively monitoring customer control messages in a multicast VPN

  • US 7,756,072 B1
  • Filed: 12/30/2005
  • Issued: 07/13/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for passively monitoring a status of a multicast virtual private network (MVPN) session comprising:

  • connecting to a multicast data tree associated with the MVPN session;

    receiving a first data packet comprising first status information regarding the MVPN session;

    storing the first status information regarding the MVPN session to a first database;

    receiving a second data packet comprising second status information regarding the MVPN session;

    comparing the second status information to the first status information to determine whether the second status information differs from the first status information;

    if the second status information differs from the first status information, then;

    storing the first status information to a second database, andstoring the second status information to the first database; and

    if the second status information does not differ from the first status information, then;

    discarding the second data packet, andincrementing a counter in the first database.

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