Patent ID: 9210070
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A routing bridge (Rbridge) device comprising: one or more processors; and memory, coupled to the one or more processors, comprising instructions executable by the one or more processors to implement a method for correlating routing information received by the Rbridge device into a Rbridge network from an external network with a first node internal to the Rbridge network, the method comprising: correlating routing information received by the Rbridge device from the external network into the Rbridge network with a first node internal to the Rbridge network, the correlating comprising: receiving a first message from the external network, said first message containing routing information; receiving a second message from a second portal on the Rbridge network, said second message containing information configured to enable the Rbridge device to correlate the first message with a route through the first node internal to the Rbridge network; correlating the first message with a route through the first node internal to the Rbridge network; and transmitting a third message onto a first shortest path tree, said third message containing an indication of a correlation between the routing information and an identity of the first node internal to the Rbridge network; wherein the Rbridge device is a root of the first shortest path tree interconnecting the Rbridge device with a plurality of nodes on the Rbridge network, and wherein the first node is not associated with the first shortest path tree.