18494586. REDUNDANT MULTICAST FOR DYNAMIC CONNECTIVITY (Cisco Technology, Inc.)
REDUNDANT MULTICAST FOR DYNAMIC CONNECTIVITY
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Inventor(s)
Mankamana Prasad Mishra of San Jose CA US
Sridhar Santhanam of Dublin CA US
REDUNDANT MULTICAST FOR DYNAMIC CONNECTIVITY
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18494586 titled 'REDUNDANT MULTICAST FOR DYNAMIC CONNECTIVITY
Original Abstract Submitted
In one aspect, a computer-implemented method for redundant multicast groups, includes receiving a request for an element of content from a device, where the element of content is associated with a first source address and a redundant source group identifying multiple servers in a network including the element of content, determining a second source address within the redundant source group has a shorter distance to a location of the device, and routing packets associated with the element of content from the second source address to the device. The method further includes determining the connection has failed, and routing, automatically upon determining the connection has failed, the device to a third source address of the multiple servers, where the third source address is selected according to a server selection policy.