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Method and apparatus for allocating traffic among routers on a computer network

US7334045B1 · kind B1 · utility

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30Claims
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Filing dateNov 18, 2002
Grant dateFeb 19, 2008
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Expiry dateNov 12, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L45/04
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method allocates ranges of addresses that are reachable by more than one border router to one of the border routers capable of reaching those ranges of addresses and advertises those addresses as being reachable only by the border router to which each such range of addresses were assigned.

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