Network equipment and method for realizing sparse mode protocol unrelated group broadcasting field hierarchy
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN Β· China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- NEW H3C TECH CO LTD
- Publication Date
- 2007-01-03
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Abstract
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[0001] The invention relates to a multicast routing technology, in particular to a layered method of a PIM-SM (Protocol Independent Mulitcast Sparse Mode, Sparse Mode Protocol Independent Multicast) domain and a network device applied thereto. Background technique
[0002] The PIM-SM protocol is currently the most mature and widely used multicast routing protocol. The PIM-SM protocol domain is usually bordered by PMBR (PIM Multicast Border Router, protocol-independent multicast border router). The domain includes some interconnected routing devices running the PIM-SM protocol. The PIM-SM protocol domain is connected to the Internet through the PMBR ( the Internet).
[0003] Each multicast group in the PIM-SM domain has its RP (Rendezvous Point, rendezvous point), and other routers running the PIM-SM protocol send join messages to the RP to establish the shared tree (Shared Tree) of the multicast group . In order to let other routers in the PIM-SM domain kn...