Patent ID: 9077645
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving Multiple Registration Protocol (MRP) advertisements at a device configured as an interface between a core domain and a local domain, wherein the device has an MRP policy stored thereon; forwarding a first one of the received MRP advertisements between the core domain and the local domain in accordance with the MRP policy indicating that MRP advertisements associated with an inter-domain service of the local domain are to be forwarded between the core domain and the local domain; and blocking a second one of the received MRP advertisements from being forwarded via the core domain in accordance with the MRP policy indicating that MRP advertisements associated with a local service of the local domain are not to be forwarded via the core domain; wherein the MRP policy comprises a first rule associated with a first service identifier of the local service and a second rule associated with a second service identifier of the inter-domain service.