Patent ID: 8953461
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for distributed processing of Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) routes, comprising: receiving, by a route receiving module in a BGP router, a BGP route sent by a BGP neighbor; obtaining a route prefix of the BGP route; selecting, in accordance with the route prefix, one of a plurality of BGP route processing modules for processing the BGP route, wherein the BGP route processing modules are distributed across different boards in the BGP router, and wherein the BGP route processing modules located on different boards are assigned to process different route prefixes; and sending the BGP route to the selected BGP route processing module to prompt processing of the BGP route by the selected BGP processing module, wherein selecting one of the plurality of BGP route processing modules comprises sending a query request carrying the route prefix to a route prefix allocation decision-making module, and receiving a query result returned by the route prefix allocation decision-making module, wherein the query result specifies the BGP route processing module to be associated with the route prefix.