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CARRIER'S CARRIER WITHOUT CUSTOMER-EDGE-TO-CUSTOMER-EDGE BORDER GATEWAY PROTOCOL

  • US 20100008361A1
  • Filed: 07/08/2008
  • Published: 01/14/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • obtaining a first advertisement from a first customer edge (CE) device at a first provider edge (PE) device, the first CE device being associated with a first virtual private network (VPN), the first PE device having a routing and forwarding table, the first advertisement being arranged to identify a plurality of local routes associated with the first VPN, the first advertisement further including a first indication that information relating to the plurality of local routes is not to be stored in the routing and forwarding table; and

    sending a second advertisement on a control plane path associated with a border gateway protocol (BGP) after obtaining the first advertisement, the second advertisement being arranged to identify the plurality of local routes and an address of the first CE device, the second advertisement further being arranged to specify the first CE device as a next hop.

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