Method and apparatus to enable an IPe domain through EIGRP
US7940668B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 21, 2008 |
| Grant date | May 10, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 27, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L45/033
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In one embodiment, a system, method, and apparatus for preventing excessive transmission of routing information in a communications network occurs by receiving a network routing address at a connection node in a communications network, the network routing address allowing the transmission of data packets from a source node to a destination node in the communications network; determining a longest summary route covering a path to the destination node; creating a list comprising a summary of all neighbor connection nodes of the connection node; and transmitting an update of the longest summary route of the network routing address towards all neighbor nodes advertising a destination address comprising a shorter address prefix, wherein the transmitting process occurs sequentially beginning with a first neighbor connection node entered in the list.
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