Patent ID: 9191139
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: H04J,H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for centrally-controlling network nodes, comprising: one or more computer processors configured as a centralized control server for exchanging control information with a plurality of individual network nodes in a network; a route control server, in communication with the centralized control server, configured to group the plurality of individual network nodes into a combined virtual network node, wherein the route control server maps individual ports on one or more edge nodes in the plurality of individual network nodes to corresponding virtual ports on the combined virtual network node, the mapped ports each linked to respective peer nodes external to the plurality of individual network nodes; and a single protocol processor configured to communicate between the combined virtual network node and a network peer using a routing protocol that advertises reachability information to the network peer, wherein the routing protocol advertises the combined virtual network node as a single network node with a number of virtual ports equal to a number of individual ports on the one or more edge nodes mapped to the virtual ports, wherein the protocol processor is a border gateway protocol (BGP) speaker.