Patent ID: 9397924
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for managing route information in an IP network comprising: by a processor, storing in a route store, route information from the IP network for a plurality of network routes; by the processor, associating with each network route an index having at least five alpha-numeric index fields containing service context information derived upon learning the route by consulting stored context information about the route, the alpha-numeric index fields including index fields representing each one of a network route source geographic location, a network route destination geographic location, a network route priority, whether the network route has an alternate path and whether an application associated with the network route is delay tolerant, the alpha-numeric index fields further including at least one index field containing information derived from an access line and network topology location from which the associated route was announced via a routing protocol; for each network route for which route information is stored in the route store, entering, in a route index store, the index associated with the network route; by the processor, acquiring one or more network operating conditions from the IP network; by the processor, based on the one or more network operating conditions, executing a predetermined control action modifying a plurality of the network routes identified as having one or more matching index fields determined from the indexes stored in the route index store.