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Transmission of layer two (L2) multicast traffic over multi-protocol label switching networks

  • US 9,166,807 B2
  • Filed: 03/16/2009
  • Issued: 10/20/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • establishing, with a source device of a computer network, a point to multi-point (P2MP) label switched path (LSP) that connects the source device to multiple receiver devices included within the computer network, where the source device is configured to operate as an ingress to the P2MP LSP and the multiple receiver devices are configured to operate as egresses for the P2MP;

    connecting, with the source device, two or more ingress layer two (L2) interfaces of the source device to the P2MP LSP; and

    forwarding, with the source device, L2 data units from the two or more ingress L2 interfaces to the multiple receiver devices via the P2MP LSP.

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