METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROTOCOL-INDEPENDENT REALIZATION OF IP MULTICAST

摘要

Systems and methods for implementing data-driven protocols are provided. In one embodiment, implementations of multicast routing protocols are provided. Separation between multicast forwarding and control elements are provided by use of a powerful yet simple application program interface (API) for inter-module communication. The API is multicast-routing-protocol-~independent and can be used to express the forwarding state of any existing multicast protocol. Efficient platform-specific implementations are facilitated.