UNDERLAY PATH SELECTION IN FABRIC/OVERLAY ACCESS NETWORKS

    公开(公告)号:US20240056412A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-15

    申请号:US17886942

    申请日:2022-08-12

    CPC classification number: H04L61/103 H04L61/5084 H04L12/4633

    Abstract: Techniques and architecture are described for service and/or application specific underlay path selection in fabric access networks. An egress tunnel router (ETR) registers service requirements of a connected application server, e.g., an end point known by host/device detection, config, or CDC type protocols, to a fabric control plane, e.g., a map server/map resolver (MSMR). The fabric control plane, while replying to a map request from an ingress tunnel router (ITR), sends service parameters in the map reply. While installing a tunnel forwarding path in hardware, i.e., map cache, the ITR may utilize a probing mechanism to ensure that the ITR chooses the right underlay adjacency, e.g., routing locator(s) (RLOC(s)), that can satisfy the service requirements provided by the fabric control plane. Only RLOC(s) that comply with the service requirements are installed in the map cache along with the required service parameters.

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