Patent ID: 8351435

Claim:
A non-transitory computer readable medium having recorded thereon a computer program comprising code means for, when executed on a computer, instructing the computer to control steps in a method for managing route information in an IP network comprising: assembling a route information database for the IP network; acquiring routes from the IP network; an indexing stage comprising: associating with each acquired route an index having one or more fields, each route index field representing a network/service route attribute and is an alpha-numeric index field that classifies a route relative to the number of route index fields used; associating a network operating condition with a network/service route attribute; and entering applicable network/service route attributes in corresponding index fields for each route based on information associated with the route from the route information database; and a control stage comprising: acquiring one or more network operating conditions from the IP network; associating the one or more acquired network operating conditions with corresponding network/service route attributes; comparing the one or more associated network/service route attributes with all route indices; and for routes having index fields matching the one or more associated network/service route attributes, executing a predetermined control action modifying those routes.