Patent ID: 9401844
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: broadcasting, with a route server, an original border gateway protocol advertisement as received at the route server; determining, with the route server, a first provider edge router is to be configured for additional connectivity beyond a connectivity defined in a table associated with the first provider edge router, the additional connectivity including an identification of a second provider edge router to which the first provider edge router is to be communicatively coupled, the additional connectivity identified in an entry for a first pair of provider edge routers in a virtual private network (intra-VPN) connectivity database, the intra-VPN connectivity database including entries for a plurality of pairs of provider edge routers; generating, with the route server, a copy of the original border gateway protocol advertisement; modifying, with the route server, the copy of the original border gateway protocol advertisement to facilitate the additional connectivity; and broadcasting, with the route server, the modified copy of the original border gateway protocol advertisement.