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Representing and searching network multicast trees

  • US 8,599,725 B2
  • Filed: 02/17/2011
  • Issued: 12/03/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • receiving data from a plurality of components in a network, the components being arranged as a plurality of multicast trees, the data from the plurality of components indicating a structure of at least a portion of the network and attributes that are associated with the components;

    receiving at least one search criterion, wherein the at least one search criterion specifies a particular quantitative difference between one or more of the attributes that are associated with different ones of the components; and

    determining, based on the data, which one or more of the plurality of multicast trees meet the at least one search criterion.

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