Invention Application
- Patent Title: ENCODING END-TO-END TENANT REACHABILITY INFORMATION IN BORDER GATEWAY PROTOCOL (BGP) COMMUNITIES
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Application No.: US17486546Application Date: 2021-09-27
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Publication No.: US20220385575A1Publication Date: 2022-12-01
- Inventor: Jon Langemak , Christopher Blair Murray , Kyle Andrew Donald Mestery
- Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Main IPC: H04L12/741
- IPC: H04L12/741 ; H04L12/715 ; H04L12/717 ; H04L12/713 ; H04L12/46

Abstract:
Techniques for using global virtual network instance (VNI) labels in a multi-domain network to route network data with a multi-tenant network overlay are described herein. A routing device provisioned in a network domain of the multi-domain network may register with a service discovery system of the network domain for use of network configuration data to establish routes through the multi-domain network with network nodes. Each network domain of the multi-domain network may include an application programming interface (API) server for processing API requests to make changes to configurations of a network domain. A border gateway protocol (BGP) large community may be utilized to encode global VNI labels, network addresses, local next hop nodes, and/or additional network information and sent to routing devices provisioned in separate network domains. A service chain may be signaled by global VNI labels to route network traffic through various services prior to reaching a destination endpoint.
Public/Granted literature
- US12199866B2 Encoding end-to-end tenant reachability information in border gateway protocol (BGP) communities Public/Granted day:2025-01-14
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