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- Patent Title: Encoding local next-hop information into border gateway protocol (BGP) routes
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Application No.: US17486687Application Date: 2021-09-27
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Publication No.: US11924100B2Publication Date: 2024-03-05
- Inventor: Jon Langemak , Christopher Blair Murray , Kyle Andrew Donald Mestery
- Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- Current Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Lee & Hayes P.C.
- Main IPC: H04L12/28
- IPC: H04L12/28 ; H04L12/46 ; H04L41/0816 ; H04L41/0853 ; H04L45/00 ; H04L45/02 ; H04L45/30 ; H04L45/42 ; H04L45/50 ; H04L45/586 ; H04L45/74 ; H04L45/741 ; H04L45/745 ; H04L49/35 ; H04L67/51

Abstract:
Techniques for using global virtual network instance (VNI) labels in a multi-domain network to route network data with a multi-tenant network overlay are described herein. A routing device provisioned in a network domain of the multi-domain network may register with a service discovery system of the network domain for use of network configuration data to establish routes through the multi-domain network with network nodes. Each network domain of the multi-domain network may include an application programming interface (API) server for processing API requests to make changes to configurations of a network domain. A border gateway protocol (BGP) large community may be utilized to encode global VNI labels, network addresses, local next hop nodes, and/or additional network information and sent to routing devices provisioned in separate network domains. A service chain may be signaled by global VNI labels to route network traffic through various services prior to reaching a destination endpoint.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220385564A1 ENCODING LOCAL NEXT-HOP INFORMATION INTO BORDER GATEWAY PROTOCOL (BGP) ROUTES Public/Granted day:2022-12-01
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