Service level agreement based next-hop selection

NM Shenoy, V Prasad, KD Majumdar - US Patent 10,454,812, 2019 - Google Patents
Techniques are described for selecting paths in accordance with service level agreements.
For example, spoke and hub routers may advertise routes associated with virtual routing and …

Service level agreement based next-hop selection

NM Shenoy, V Prasad, KD Majumdar - US Patent 10,523,560, 2019 - Google Patents
Techniques are described for selecting paths in accordance with service level agreements.
For example, spoke and hub routers may advertise routes associated with virtual routing and …

Automatic configuration of label switched path tunnels using BGP attributes

K Kompella - US Patent 7,751,405, 2010 - Google Patents
Techniques are described for automatically establishing network tunnels among a set of
routers. For example, the techniques allow a routing protocol, such as the Border Gateway …

Aggregating end-to-end QoS signaled packet flows through label switched paths

J Murphy, P Pan - US Patent 7,477,657, 2009 - Google Patents
Techniques are described for supporting end-to-end resource reservation protocols, such as
the Resource Reservation Setup Protocol (RSVP), using Multi-protocol Label Switching …

OAM echo messaging to verify a service-based network distribution path

J Regan, V Kompella, W Hu - US Patent 7,486,622, 2009 - Google Patents
Transport tunnels are employed in communications, net Works, and networking equipment
(eg, routers, Switches, hubs, etc.) to route data between endpoints, such as between …

Feedback loop for service engineered paths

J Guichard, D Ward, J Medved… - US Patent …, 2015 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND Recently, network devices that form computer networks have been adapted
to enable a form of networking referred to as “software-defined networking.” In software …

Selective BGP graceful restart in redundant router deployments

JG Scudder, RW Callon - US Patent 9,178,797, 2015 - Google Patents
In general, techniques are described for selectively invoking graceful restart procedures
when a route reflector member of a redundant route cluster fails. In one example, a method …

Dynamic route exchange

R Balay, S Tyagi - US Patent App. 10/273,669, 2004 - Google Patents
Methods, Systems, and Virtual Routers are provided for providing dynamic route exchange
between routers. First and second routers are configured to communicate route information …

Efficient convergence of grouped VPN prefixes

P Dharwadkar, Y Tsier, C Filsfils, J Bettink… - US Patent …, 2012 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND Commonly, network devices operate one or more routing/forwarding
protocols, such as the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), that associate a destination address …

Scalable routing policy construction using dynamic redefinition of routing preference value

JG Scudder - US Patent 8,064,443, 2011 - Google Patents
In general, techniques are described to dynamically redefine a preference value used
during route resolution. A network device, such as a router, may implement the techniques to …