Patent ID: 11916776
Assignee: GENETEC INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method for execution by a processor of a host network element, the host network element having an external interface for connection to at least one other network element of a packet-based data network, the host network element storing a routing table in memory and implementing a container connected to a bridge, the method comprising:
obtaining an indication of a request for the container to join a multicast group having a multicast group address;
in response to the obtaining, sending via the external interface a request for the host network element to join the multicast group having the multicast group address;
modifying the routing table so as to make the bridge a next hop for future packets obtained from the external interface and destined for the multicast group address; and
setting up an expiry parameter increase for said future packets.