Patent ID: 11871238
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 9:
10. A computer-implemented method for bootstrap message (BSM) processing in a multicast network comprising multiple multicast routers, the method comprising:
receiving, at each of a plurality of multicast routers communicatively coupled to an elected bootstrap router (E-BSR), a BSM from the E-BSR, the BSM comprises at least a BSM header incorporated with a first flag to indicate whether a Rendezvous Point (RP) set for the multicast network is changed, the RP set comprises one or more group sections with each group section comprise a group header indicating group information and one or more candidate RP (C-RP) sections indicating information of one or more C-RPs within each group section;
checking, at a multicast router, the first flag to verify whether there is a change information in the BSM;
in response to the first flag indicating no change for the RP set, resetting a hold timer for the multicast router; and
in response to the first flag indicating change occurred for the RP set, checking one or more group sections within the BSM for change information.