Patent ID: 9559936
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method for initializing the border gateway protocol (BGP) on network devices, the method comprising: initializing, by a first network device, a first BGP session with a second network device and a second BGP session with a third network device, wherein the second network device and the third network device are each one of a plurality of peer network devices; receiving, by the first network device, route updates and a first end of routing information base (EOR) marker from the second network device, and second route updates and a first keepalive signal from the third network device; updating an n_EOR variable maintained by the first network device after receiving the first EOR marker, and an n_KA variable maintained by the first network device after receiving the first keepalive signal; after updating the n_EOR variable and the n_KA variable, making a first determination, using the n_EOR variable and the n_KA variable, that the first network device has received route updates from each of the plurality of peer network devices; after making the first determination: