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Route advertisement management using tags in directly connected networks

  • US 10,187,289 B1
  • Filed: 12/28/2015
  • Issued: 01/22/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • a provider network comprising a plurality of physical computing devices configured to implement resources of the provider network; and

    an endpoint router of the provider network, wherein the endpoint router is connected to a client network of a client of the provider network via a dedicated physical connection between the provider network and the client network,wherein one or more networking devices of the provider network are configured to;

    receive, via the endpoint router, a routing protocol message from the client network, wherein the routing protocol message comprises;

    one or more respective routes for devices of the client network; and

    one or more respective tag fields populated with respective values, wherein respective ones of the routes correspond with respective ones of the one or more respective tag fields; and

    propagate the one or more respective routes within the provider network based, at least in part, on one or more respective values of the one or more respective tag fields,wherein for a given respective tag field that indicates a local routing scope, the one or more networking devices of the provider network are configured to propagate a respective route that corresponds with the given respective tag field within a limited portion of the provider network that includes the endpoint router, andwherein for another given respective tag field that indicates a larger routing scope, the one or more networking devices of the provider network are configured to propagate the respective route that corresponds with the other given tag field within a larger portion of the provider network that includes the endpoint router.

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