Patent ID: 7403530
Filing Date: 2008-07-22
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A router supporting multiple routing protocols, said router comprising: a. an interface layer including a plurality of I/O controllers, each I/O controller implementing an I/O port; b. a switching layer in communication with said interface layer for selectively establishing signal pathways between said I/O ports; and c. a routing layer in communication with said interface layer, said routing layer including a plurality of routing protocol computing entities, each routing protocol computing entity being associated with a set of at least one routing protocol and including: wherein the set of at least one routing protocol associated with a first one of said routing protocol computing entities is different from the set of at least one routing protocol associated with a second one of said routing protocol computing entities; wherein the data storage medium of said first one of said routing protocol computing entities contains information on at least one route for which there is no information in the data storage medium of said second one of said routing protocol computing entities.