Patent ID: 11909546
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 12:
13. A device for sending an assert message in a multicast network, comprising:
a processor; and
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to the processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the processor, wherein the processor executes the programming instructions to cause the device to:
determine a first assert record set based on one rendezvous point (RP) address, wherein the first assert record set comprises a plurality of assert records, each of the plurality of assert records comprises one multicast source address and one multicast group address, and each of the plurality of assert records comprises a first multicast group address;
determine a second assert record set based on the RP address, wherein the second assert record set comprises a plurality of assert records, each assert record in the second assert record set comprises one multicast source address and one multicast group address, each of the plurality of assert records in the second assert record set comprises a second multicast group address, and wherein the assert message further comprises the second multicast group address, and the first multicast group address is different from the second multicast group address;
generate one assert message, wherein the assert message carries the RP address, the first multicast group address, and a plurality of multicast source addresses; and
send the assert message in a multicast mode.