Patent ID: 7965713

Claim:
An Inter-domain router, for an Internet Protocol communication network, comprising: a processing module configured to generate, as a function of routing data defining a route including attributes of different types, outgoing messages addressed to other routers, the outgoing messages including information data representative of routes for route aggregation associated with routing Internet Protocol datagrams; and a control module configured to, first analyze routing prefixes associated with Internet Protocol addresses, second analyze at least some of said routing data not associated with said routing prefixes, define aggregates of the routes as a function of chosen configuration information and based on the first analysis and the second analysis, deliver output data representative of said route aggregates, with a view to the generation by said processing module of the outgoing messages including the information data representative of said route aggregates, compare at least attributes of the same chosen type defining different routes with each other, and consider as suitable to be aggregated routes having comparable attributes of each chosen type, wherein said chosen configuration information defines each type of attribute that is a subject of said comparison.