| CPC H04L 47/32 (2013.01) [H04L 12/185 (2013.01); H04L 12/1863 (2013.01); H04L 45/026 (2013.01); H04L 45/34 (2013.01); H04L 45/50 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a first provider edge router of a first autonomous system, wherein the first provider edge router has been configured as a first multicast router proxy, a first multicast maintenance message destined for a multicast group member that is in a second autonomous system having a second provider edge router;
dropping, by the first provider edge router, the first multicast maintenance message; and
generating and transmitting, by the second provider edge router, a second multicast maintenance message to the multicast group member, wherein the second multicast maintenance message is a substitute for the first multicast maintenance message.
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