Patent ID: 8155000
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: configuring Traffic Engineering (TE) on a provider edge device to customer edge device (PE-CE) link extending from a provider edge device (PE) in a provider network to a customer edge device (CE) in a customer network; conveying TE information regarding the TE-configured PE-CE link from the PE to one or more other nodes in the provider network; receiving TE information regarding one or more other TE-configured PE-CE links from one or more other nodes; expanding, by the PE, a TE database (TED) to include information for the one or more other TE-configured PE-CE links; and applying TE to a customer edge device to customer edge device (CE-CE) path using at least some of the information for the one or more other TE-configured PE-CE links included in the TED.