Patent ID: 9736054
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method comprising: installing a virtual local area network (VLAN) route entry into a first routing information database associated with a forwarding engine of a service provider network comprising a first overlay transport virtualization (OTV) site, wherein installing the VLAN route entry comprises installing the VLAN route entry configured to cause the forwarding engine to: receiving, when the first multicast data packet hits the VLAN route entry, the punted first multicast data packet at the processor; learning, from the punted first multicast data packet associated route information comprising a first VLAN address, a first source address, and a first group address; and updating the VLAN route entry to include the associated route information, wherein updating the VLAN route entry comprises appending delivery information comprising a destination source address at the first OTV site and a destination group address at the first OTV site to the updated VLAN route entry, wherein updating the VLAN route entry further comprises updating the VLAN route entry being configured to cause the forwarding engine to one of the following: