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Method and apparatus for accelerating border gateway protocol convergence

  • US 20060233181A1
  • Filed: 04/13/2005
  • Published: 10/19/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of identifying routes in a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) host, the method comprising the computer-implemented steps of:

  • assigning a virtual link identifier to each link of a set of digital communication links established between the BGP host and one or more BGP peers;

    determining one or more routes that are reachable on a particular link of the set of digital communication links; and

    creating and storing, in electronic digital memory, an association of the one or more routes with a BGP identifier of the BGP host and a particular virtual link identifier that is assigned to the particular link.

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