Systems and methods for reducing the computational resources for centralized control in a network
US9191139B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 12, 2012 |
| Grant date | Nov 17, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 20, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L45/62
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A network system that reduces the computational resources to centrally-control network nodes in a border gateway protocol (BGP) network. More particularly, the systems and methods describe the control of a plurality of individual network nodes by a centralized controller, and the use of a route control server (RCS), which is connected to the centralized controller, or OpenFlow Controller (OFC). By treating the plurality of individual network nodes as a single combined network node, the route control server is able communicate using a single BGP speaker, and hence, reduce the computational resources from that required to run an individual BGP speaker for each individual network node.
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