| 摘要 |
A multicast router having one or more downstream network interfaces situated in a data network system between sources that send multicast packets to at least one multicast group address and one or more hosts that request data from the multicast group address and the sources. The multicast router receives ASM (Any Source Multicast) traffic requests and SSM (Source Specific Multicast) traffic requests from the one or more hosts using a host-router multicast routing protocol and stores for a downstream network interface and multicast group address at least one INCLUDE source record containing a non-empty source list derived by the SSM and the ASM traffic requests made by the one or more hosts and/or at least one EXCLUDE source record containing a non-empty Requested source list derived by the SSM and the ASM traffic requests made by the one or more hosts. In an alternative implementation a multicast router is provided that has one or more downstream network interfaces and is situated in a data network system between sources that send multicast packets to at least one multicast group address and multiple hosts that request data from the multicast group address and the sources. The multicast router stores for a each downstream network interface, each multicast group address and each host at least one INCLUDE source record and at least one EXCLUDE source record which are derived from ASM and SSM traffic requests made by the hosts using a host-router multicast routing protocol.
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