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

Claim 4:
5. A method for sending an assert message in a multicast network, comprising:
determining, by a network node, 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;
determining, by the network node, 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, the assert message further comprises the second multicast group address, and the first multicast group address is different from the second multicast group address;
generating, by the network node, one assert message, wherein the assert message carries the RP address, the first multicast group address, and a plurality of multicast source addresses; and
sending, by the network node, the assert message in a multicast mode.