Patent ID: 8982908
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving a request message that requests routing information for routes between an originating node and a plurality of destination nodes; in response to the request message, examining stored routing information in a computer readable memory for a subset of stored routing information that corresponds to one or more of the destination nodes in the plurality of destination nodes; determining if a number of destination nodes associated with the subset of stored routing information meets a threshold value of at least two; when the number of the destination nodes associated with the subset of stored routing information is determined to meet the threshold value, generating an information element that includes transmitting the information element in a single message when the number of the destination nodes associated with the subset of stored routing information is determined to meet the threshold value; and not transmitting any routing information in response to the request message when the number of the destination nodes associated with the subset of stored routing information is determined to not meet the threshold value.