Patent ID: 8036139
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for distributing routing information within an autonomous system from a border router of said autonomous system, said method comprising: establishing a multi-party transport protocol session wherein said border router is a session source in communication with multiple receivers in said same multi-party transport protocol session, wherein the multiple receivers are nodes of said autonomous system; receiving a join message from a directly-connected node, the join message comprising a request to participate in said established multi-party transport protocol session; receiving external border gateway protocol (EBGP) routing information from nodes outside said autonomous system; processing said external border gateway protocol (EBGP) routing information to develop internal border gateway protocol (IBGP) routing information; and distributing said internal border gateway protocol (IBGP) routing information as a part of said multi-party transport protocol session via a distribution tree comprising said receivers in said multi-party transport protocol session.