| 摘要 |
<p>A method of filtering multicast packets received in a first network interface of a router is provided. The router receives multicast traffic in the first network interface from sources that send multicast packets to at least a first multicast group address. The router also having second and third network interfaces for receiving multicast traffic requests. In one implementation the filtering method includes receiving in the second network interface a first multicast traffic request for a first multicast group address according to a first multicast routing protocol including a first set of sources, receiving in the third network interface a second multicast traffic request for the first multicast group address according to a second multicast routing protocol, the multicast traffic request including a second set of sources, creating from the first and second multicast traffic requests a filter record having a third set of sources indicative of all of the sources of the first multicast group address requested to be transmitted through the second and third interfaces of the router; and filtering multicast packets received at the first network interface using the record. In alternative embodiments, multiple multicast state records (e.g., an Include source record and an Exclude source record) are stored for each network interface and multicast group address, the multiple multicast state records being used to create one or more multiple filter records that each have a set of sources that are used in combination to filter multicast packets received at the first network interface.</p> |
