Multicast forwarding table entry in an overlay network

An edge router (ED) receives a query packet for a multicast group and records a port that received the query packet into at least one list in a multicast forwarding table entry corresponding to the multicast group. The ED removes a forwarding flag in the query packet and sends the modified query pac...

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Hauptverfasser:	Zhou, Xulong, Sun, Ce
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION
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Zusammenfassung:	An edge router (ED) receives a query packet for a multicast group and records a port that received the query packet into at least one list in a multicast forwarding table entry corresponding to the multicast group. The ED removes a forwarding flag in the query packet and sends the modified query packet through all of overlay tunnel ports, except an overlay tunnel port that received the query packet.