Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for next hop BGP routing in a network
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Application No.: US16398034Application Date: 2019-04-29
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Publication No.: US10601699B2Publication Date: 2020-03-24
- Inventor: Francis Ferguson , Eric Osborne , Clyde David Cooper, III , Brent W. Smith
- Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
- Applicant Address: US CO Broomfield
- Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
- Current Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Broomfield
- Main IPC: H04L12/751
- IPC: H04L12/751 ; H04L12/703 ; H04L12/741 ; H04L12/733 ; H04L12/803 ; H04L12/46 ; H04L12/707 ; H04L12/715 ; H04L12/66

Abstract:
Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems for providing multiple egress routes from a telecommunications network for a client of the network. In general, the system provides for a client of the network to receive intended packets of information through multiple connections to the network such that load balancing and failover services for traffic to the customer are provided. The process and system allows for telecommunications network to utilize a common next-hop value of announced border gateway protocol (BGP) routes to advertise multiple routes to reach a destination customer network or address. By utilizing a common next-hop value in the announced BGP information, the devices of the network may load balance communication packets to the destination customer or address among the multiple egress locations from the network, as well as providing fast failover to alternate routes when a failure at the network or customer occurs.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190253338A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NEXT HOP BGP ROUTING IN A NETWORK Public/Granted day:2019-08-15
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