An ingress device , comprising: one or more processors to: provide information associated with initiating a segmented tunnel to be used to transfer multicast traffic via a network covering a plurality of areas (240-1, 240-2, 240-3) to one or more devices of an area associated with the ingress device; receive first acknowledgement information associated with the segmented tunnel, the first acknowledgement information including information that identifies a first number of egress devices (225-1), associated with a first area (240-1) of the plurality of areas, that are to receive the multicast traffic; receive second acknowledgement information associated with the segmented tunnel, the second acknowledgement information including information that identifies a second number of egress devices (225-2, 225-3), associated with a second area (240-2) of the plurality of areas, that are to receive the multicast traffic, the second area being different from the first area and using a different signaling protocol; determine , based on the first acknowledgement information and the second acknowledgment information, a total number of egress devices that are to receive the multicast traffic; and selectively provide the multicast traffic via the segmented tunnel based on the total number of egress devices that are to receive the multicast traffic, wherein a first segment of the segmented tunnel provides the multicast traffic across the first area and a second segment of the segmented tunnel provides the multicast traffic across the second area. provide information associated with initiating a segmented tunnel to be used to transfer multicast traffic via a network covering a plurality of areas (240-1, 240-2, 240-3) to one or more devices of an area associated with the ingress device; receive first acknowledgement information associated with the segmented tunnel, the first acknowledgement information including information that identifies a first number of egress devices (225-1), associated with a first area (240-1) of the plurality of areas, that are to receive the multicast traffic; receive second acknowledgement information associated with the segmented tunnel, the second acknowledgement information including information that identifies a second number of egress devices (225-2, 225-3), associated with a second area (240-2) of the plurality of areas, that are to receive the multicast traffic, the second area being different from the first area and using a different signaling protocol; the second acknowledgement information including information that identifies a second number of egress devices (225-2, 225-3), associated with a second area (240-2) of the plurality of areas, that are to receive the multicast traffic, the second area being different from the first area and using a different signaling protocol; determine , based on the first acknowledgement information and the second acknowledgment information, a total number of egress devices that are to receive the multicast traffic; and selectively provide the multicast traffic via the segmented tunnel based on the total number of egress devices that are to receive the multicast traffic, wherein a first segment of the segmented tunnel provides the multicast traffic across the first area and a second segment of the segmented tunnel provides the multicast traffic across the second area. <EOS>