Virtualized path identifier providing generic descriptors for reaching a destination using an identified path determination method
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- acquiring, by a network device, a data structure containing a virtualized path identifier, the virtualized path identifier specifying a path determination method and a destination identifier that identifies a destination that is reachable according to the path determination method;
determining a routing context, by the network device, in a route method database based on the virtualized path identifier, the routing context determined from among distinct types of available path determination methods identified in the route method database for different physical routing domain types having respective different distinct physical network deployments in a heterogeneous data network, the routing context for reaching the destination across the corresponding physical routing domain type according to the corresponding path determination method; and
causing reaching of the destination, via the corresponding physical routing domain type in the heterogeneous data network, in response to the network device executing the path determination method on the destination identifier according to the routing context obtained from the route method database.
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method comprises: acquiring a data structure containing a virtualized path identifier, the virtualized path identifier specifying a path determination method and a destination identifier that identifies a destination that is reachable according to the path determination method; determining in a route method database based on the virtualized path identifier, from among distinct types of available path determination methods identified in the route method database, a routing context for reaching the destination according to the corresponding path determination method; and causing reaching of the destination in response to executing the path determination method on the destination identifier according to the routing context obtained from the route method database.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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acquiring, by a network device, a data structure containing a virtualized path identifier, the virtualized path identifier specifying a path determination method and a destination identifier that identifies a destination that is reachable according to the path determination method; determining a routing context, by the network device, in a route method database based on the virtualized path identifier, the routing context determined from among distinct types of available path determination methods identified in the route method database for different physical routing domain types having respective different distinct physical network deployments in a heterogeneous data network, the routing context for reaching the destination across the corresponding physical routing domain type according to the corresponding path determination method; and causing reaching of the destination, via the corresponding physical routing domain type in the heterogeneous data network, in response to the network device executing the path determination method on the destination identifier according to the routing context obtained from the route method database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 18)
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8. An apparatus comprising:
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a device interface circuit configured for acquiring a data structure containing a virtualized path identifier, the virtualized path identifier specifying a path determination method and a destination identifier that identifies a destination that is reachable according to the path determination method; and a processor circuit configured for determining a routing context in a route method database based on the virtualized path identifier, the routing context determined from among distinct types of available path determination methods identified in the route method database for different physical routing domain types having respective different distinct physical network deployments in a heterogeneous data network, the routing context for reaching the destination across the corresponding physical routing domain type according to the corresponding path determination method, the processor circuit configured for causing reaching of the destination, via the corresponding physical routing domain type in the heterogeneous data network, in response to the processor circuit executing the path determination method on the destination identifier according to the routing context obtained from the route method database. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 19)
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15. One or more non-transitory tangible media encoded with logic for execution by a machine and when executed by the machine operable for:
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acquiring, by the machine, a data structure containing a virtualized path identifier, the virtualized path identifier specifying a path determination method and a destination identifier that identifies a destination that is reachable according to the path determination method; determining a routing context, by the machine, in a route method database based on the virtualized path identifier, the routing context determined from among distinct types of available path determination methods identified in the route method database for different physical routing domain types having respective different distinct physical network deployments in a heterogeneous data network, the routing context for reaching the destination across the corresponding physical routing domain type according to the corresponding path determination method; and causing reaching of the destination, via the corresponding physical routing domain type in the heterogeneous data network, in response to executing the path determination method on the destination identifier according to the routing context obtained from the route method database. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 20)
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