System and method to route data in an anycast environment
US8923314B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 30, 2013 |
| Grant date | Dec 30, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 30, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W24/04
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of routing data in a network includes sending an instruction to a router to statically route outbound traffic to a firewall farm having an anycast address, identifying prefixes of endpoints that communicate with router, instructing a firewall router to send a route advertisement to the network announcing that the firewall router is the subsequent best hop for data bound for the endpoints, detecting a change in network condition, and sending another instruction to the router to route outbound traffic to another firewall farm having the anycast address after detecting the change.
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