Patent ID: 9432204
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method of performing multicast in a network, the method comprising: receiving a message at a particular endpoint of a network, the message specifying a particular multi cast group; replicating the message to a first set of endpoints belonging to the particular multicast group, wherein the first set of endpoints are located in a local segment of the network that includes the particular endpoint; and replicating the message to a second set of endpoints belonging to the particular multicast group by replicating the message to a set of proxies that are selected for the particular multicast group, each proxy for forwarding the message to a set of endpoints belonging to the particular multicast group in a remote segment of the network, wherein each multicast group in a plurality of multicast groups has a designated proxy in the remote segment, at least two of the multicast groups having different designated proxies in the remote segment.