Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus to dynamically control connectivity within virtual private networks
- Patent Title (中): 在虚拟专用网络内动态控制连接的方法和装置
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Application No.: US12262675Application Date: 2008-10-31
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Publication No.: US08121118B2Publication Date: 2012-02-21
- Inventor: Michael Satterlee , Neal Shackleton , John F. Gibbons
- Applicant: Michael Satterlee , Neal Shackleton , John F. Gibbons
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC
- Main IPC: H04L12/28
- IPC: H04L12/28

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus to dynamically control connectivity within VPNs are disclosed. A disclosed example route server to control connectivity within a VPN comprises a memory to implement a database, a border gateway protocol (BGP) engine to process BGP advertisements, a network interface to receive a first BGP advertisement, which a first route target (RT) associated with the first PE router, from a first provider edge (PE) router associated with the VPN, and an intra-VPN connectivity controller to, in response to the first BGP advertisement, query the database to determine whether the first PE router is to be communicatively coupled to a second PE router of the VPN and when the first and second PE routers of the VPN are to be communicatively coupled, direct the BGP engine to form a second BGP advertisement that includes a second RT associated with the second PE router based on the first BGP advertisement.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100111093A1 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DYNAMICALLY CONTROL CONNECTIVITY WITHIN VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKS Public/Granted day:2010-05-06
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