Patent ID: 9253255
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: executing, by a network device, a routing protocol process and an application process; invoking, by the application process, an interface of the routing protocol process to dynamically register a transmit interface of the routing protocol process for sending application data using routing protocol advertisements associated with a code point, wherein the code point identifies a routing information base for a layer 3 routing protocol; receiving, by the routing protocol process from the application process via the transmit interface, application data for the application process; and sending, by the routing protocol process to a peer network device, a routing protocol advertisement that conforms to the routing protocol and that includes the application data for the application process, wherein the routing protocol advertisement specifies an application identifier associated with the transmit interface that enables the peer network device to determine a corresponding receive interface of the peer network device for the transmit interface.