发明名称 |
REQUESTING MULTICAST MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION IN A DISTRIBUTED SWITCH IN RESPONSE TO A MISS EVENT |
摘要 |
Apparatuses and methods to request multicast membership information in a distributed switch are provided. A particular method may include requesting multicast membership information of a group identified by a multicast destination address in a distributed switch. The distributed switch may include a plurality of distributed switch elements with a plurality of switch forwarding units. The method may generate a miss event indicating that the multicast destination address is unregistered in a switch forwarding unit of a distributed switch element and there is a need for the multicast membership information. The method may also request the multicast membership information of the multicast destination address in response to the miss event. The method may further initiate a query for the multicast membership information of the multicast destination address in response to the request.
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申请公布号 |
US2013182706(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2013.07.18 |
申请号 |
US201213352952 |
申请日期 |
2012.01.18 |
申请人 |
ANGST DEBRA L.;BASSO CLAUDE;CORS JOSEP;GREENFIELD TODD A.;VAIDHYANATHAN NATARAJAN;INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION |
发明人 |
ANGST DEBRA L.;BASSO CLAUDE;CORS JOSEP;GREENFIELD TODD A.;VAIDHYANATHAN NATARAJAN |
分类号 |
H04L0012/000056 |
主分类号 |
H04L0012/000056 |
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