DETERMINISTIC ASSIGNMENT OF OVERLAY MULTICAST TRAFFIC

In an aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure is directed to network control topology that implements a centralized network controller to deterministically assign, and reassign, underlay multicast groups according to one or more policies and/or parameterized intent of the network administrator. The centralized network controller, in some embodiments, comprises a map server-map resolver controller configured to provide deterministic and centralized allocation of LISP underlay multicast groups, e.g., to provide security, traffic engineering, network and resource management.