Patent ID: 11929906
Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 13:
14. A method for a tail-end router to install software of instantiate a service using instantiation information provided from a head-end router, the method comprising:
receiving, at the tail-end router, an advertisement message according to a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) from a head-end router, the advertisement message including:
an indication of a path associated with communicating with the head-end router using service software of the service that is installed on the head-end router, wherein the service software is used to establish network paths with other devices running the service software; and
a service request attribute including a request that the tail-end router install the service software on the tail-end router, the service request attribute that includes information for installing the service software on the tail-end router, the information including: a service identifier that indicates the service that is being requested to be installed on the tail-end router such that the tail-end router can establish the path; and service-location information indicating a location from which the tail-end router obtains the service software; and

installing the service software on the tail-end router based at least in part on the request; and
using the service software, establishing the path with the head-end router.