Patent ID: 9281953
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: H04L,Y02D

Claim Text:
1. A network device, comprising: a port for receiving a multicast packet; a multicast data structure for maintaining information regarding a multicast group to which the multicast packet is to be sent; wherein the multicast data structure stores a multicast vector having a bit for each port of the network device and a bit setting indicates when any port is part of the multicast group; and a link aggregation group (LAG) data structure for storing a LAG vector that stores bit settings indicating which port is part of a LAG; wherein when the multicast packet is received by the port, then a corresponding multicast vector and a corresponding LAG vector are obtained and any port that is a member of the LAG is removed from the multicast group such that the multicast packet is not sent to any member of the LAG.