Patent ID: 9253074
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus, comprising: an access switch having a set of ports, the access switch configured to be operatively coupled to a multicast router via a data path including a first port from the set of ports, the access switch configured to be associated with a network associated with the multicast router, the access switch configured to designate the first port as a multicast-router interface, the access switch configured to send a message to the multicast router via each port from the set of ports in response to an indication of a change in a topology of the network, the access switch configured to receive, via a subset of ports from the set of ports, a signal from the multicast router in response to the message, the access switch configured to select a port from the subset of ports to designate as the multicast-router interface based on at least one of a predetermined priority ranking or an order of receipt of the response to the message, the access switch configured to designate the port from the subset of ports as the multicast-router interface.