Patent ID: 9178710
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for selective multicast processing, the method comprising: obtaining, using one or more processors, an association between source address, group address (S, G) information of a data stream and a service instance identifier (ISID); programming, using the one or more processors, a classification engine with a match that classifies a Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN), wherein the match includes a specific source address, group address (S, G) match that classifies a VLAN; receiving, at the one or more processors, a data stream; classifying, using the one or more processors, the data stream based on a mapping to a source virtual port and (S, G) information; and deriving, using the one or more processors, a service instance identifier (ISID) from the source virtual port.