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

Claim 19:
20. A host network element for use in a packet-based data network, comprising:
a processor;
a memory operatively coupled to the processor;
an external interface operatively coupled to the processor and for connection to at least one other network element of the packet-based data network;
the memory storing a routing table and non-transitory computer-readable instructions;
the processor being configured to implement a container and a bridge and being further configured to execute the instructions thereby to carry out a method that includes:
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.