LINKING AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS WITH DUAL PREMISE ROUTING DOMAINS
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a system for linking a first autonomous network system to at least one second autonomous network system. The first autonomous network system having a first private IP address space and the at least one second autonomous network system having at least one second private IP address space. The first private IP address space and the at least one second private IP address space are at least partially overlapping. The system includes a first routing domain including the first autonomous network system and at least one second routing domain including the at least one second autonomous network system. A geographically diverse linking autonomous system couples the first autonomous network system and the at least one second autonomous network system. The linking autonomous system includes a first routing domain management system configured to manage the first routing domain, and at least one second routing domain management system configured to manage the at least one second routing domain.
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23 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. A method comprising:
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managing a routing domain of a first autonomous system having a first private network address space; and
managing a routing domain of a second autonomous system having a second private network address space that overlaps with the first private network address space. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system comprising:
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a first routing domain manager configured to manage a routing domain of a first autonomous system having a first private network address space; and
a second routing domain manager configured to manage a routing domain of a second autonomous system having a second private network address space that overlaps with the first private network address space. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system comprising:
a plurality of routing domain managers coupled to one or more customer networks that are autonomous networks having overlapping private network addresses, wherein the routing domain managers are configured to manage routing domains of the customer networks, the routing domain managers being geographically diverse to provide fault isolation. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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