Patent ID: 9094335
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a packet switching device, a route advertisement for each of a plurality of particular routes via a plurality of routing protocol messages received from one or more remote packet switching devices, with each said advertised route of the plurality of particular routes includes a prefix or a fully-specified address; identifying that each particular said advertised route of the plurality of particular routes has a same one or more best paths from the packet switching device to a destination device; assigning, by the packet switching device, a same particular packet switching label to each particular said advertised route of the plurality of particular routes based on said identifying that each particular route of the plurality of particular routes has the same one or more best paths from the packet switching device to the destination device, wherein the plurality of particular routes includes routes from at least two different forwarding groups; advertising, by the packet switching device, the assignment of the particular packet switching label with the plurality of particular routes so packets received from one or more other packet switching devices with the particular packet switching label can be packet switched by the packet switching device based on the particular packet switching label; and packet switching, by the packet switching device, one or more received packets based on the particular packet switching label received in a label field of said received packets.