Inventors:
Teh-Hsin K. Wu - Holmdel NJ, US
Paritosh Bajpay - Edison NJ, US
Jackson Liu - Middletown NJ, US
Zhenzhen Wang - Holmdel NJ, US
Assignee:
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. - Atlanta GA
International Classification:
H04L 12/28
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for providing automatic processing of an alarm related to a multicast service in a network are disclosed. For example, the method receives an alarm related to a multicast service, and retrieves multicast data, wherein said multicast data comprises one or more of: a source Internet Protocol (IP) address for a source, a group IP address, and Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) data. The method retrieves interface information, wherein the interface information comprises one or more of: an interface IP address, a PIM mode, and a Designated Router (DR) IP address. The method retrieves a status of a neighbor of the source in accordance with the source IP address, and determines if a neighbor is established for the source IP address.