Patent Document ID: 10009260
Application ID: 14945159
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for managing a first network routing domain within a communication network, operable at a network node having connectivity to a network entity utilizing a first logical link associated with the first network routing domain, the method comprising: receiving first information relating to a first route between the network node and the network entity via the first network routing domain; receiving second information relating to a second route between the network node and a first peer node outside of the first network routing domain; determining to extend the first network routing domain to the first peer node, based on the first information and the second information; establishing a second logical link with the first peer node, the second logical link associated with the first network routing domain; exchanging the first information and the second information between the first logical link and the second logical link; and forwarding traffic between the first logical link and the second logical link utilizing a first peer route derived from the first information and the second information.