Representing and searching network multicast trees
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1. A method, comprising:
- receiving data, from a plurality of components arranged as a plurality of multicast trees in a network, indicating a structure of at least a portion of the network and attributes associated with the components;
receiving at least one search criterion specifying a particular quantitative difference between one or more of the attributes that are associated with different ones of the components; and
determining, by a computing device and based on the data including the structure of the at least a portion of the network indicated by the data, at least one of the plurality of multicast trees that meet the at least one search criterion.
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Abstract
Methods and systems are disclosed for receiving data from each of a plurality of components in a network, the components being arranged as a plurality of multicast trees, the data from each of the components indicating a structure of a portion of the network and at least one attribute associated with the respective component. The disclosure further provides for determining, based on the data, a structure of at least some of the multicast trees, receiving search criteria, and determining which of the multicast trees meet the search criteria.
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving data, from a plurality of components arranged as a plurality of multicast trees in a network, indicating a structure of at least a portion of the network and attributes associated with the components; receiving at least one search criterion specifying a particular quantitative difference between one or more of the attributes that are associated with different ones of the components; and determining, by a computing device and based on the data including the structure of the at least a portion of the network indicated by the data, at least one of the plurality of multicast trees that meet the at least one search criterion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method, comprising:
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receiving data, from a plurality of components in a network comprising a plurality of multicast trees, the data indicating a plurality of different local views of the network and attributes associated with at least some of the plurality of components; receiving at least one search criterion; and selecting, by a computing device and based on the data indicating the plurality of different local views, at least one of the plurality of multicast trees that meet the at least one search criterion. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method, comprising:
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receiving data from a plurality of components in a network, the data indicating a plurality of different local views of the network and attributes associated with at least some of the plurality of components; combining at least some of the different local views to determine a plurality of multicast trees; receiving at least one search criterion; and determining, by a computing device and based on the data and a result of the combining, at least one of the multicast trees that meets the at least one search criterion. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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