Patent ID: 9391799
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: creating a global tree structure identifying a plurality of network devices; selecting, according to the global tree structure, a routing device as a rendezvous point between a first network area and a second network area, wherein the first network area comprises a first subset of the plurality of network devices, wherein the second network area comprises a second subset of the plurality of network devices, and wherein selecting the rendezvous point comprises: discarding, by all of the determined second set of routing devices except for the rendezvous point, all packets destine to cross between the first network area and the second network area; receiving, by the rendezvous point, a data packet associated with a destination comprising at least one of the first plurality of network devices, wherein the data packet was received from at least one of the second plurality of network devices; and forwarding the data packet to the at least one of the first plurality of network devices.