Preferred path route graphs in a network

    公开(公告)号:US11632322B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-18

    申请号:US17110813

    申请日:2020-12-03

    Abstract: A method implemented by a network element (NE) in a network, comprising receiving, by the NE, preferred path route (PPR) information describing a PPR graph, the PPR graph representing a plurality of PPRs between an ingress NE and an egress NE in the network, and updating, by the NE, a forwarding database to include a forwarding entry for the egress NE in response to identifying the NE in the plurality of PPR-PDEs, the forwarding entry indicating a next hop by which to forward a data packet comprising the PPR-ID.

    BLOCKCHAIN ENHANCED ROUTE AUTHORIZATION

    公开(公告)号:US20230059348A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-23

    申请号:US17981574

    申请日:2022-11-07

    Abstract: A routing device including a memory and a processor. The memory stores instructions. The processor is configured to execute the instructions to receive a signed route origin authorization (ROA), which includes a blockchain hash, and a border gateway protocol (BGP) update message, which includes one or more routes. The processor is further configured to implement a Route Origin Validation (ROV) process using the blockchain hash in the signed ROA to determine whether the one or more routes in the BGP update message are valid; update a routing table to include the one or more routes from the BGP update message when the one or more routes are determined to be valid by the ROV process; and refrain from updating the routing table with the one or more routes from the BGP update message when the one or more routes are determined to be invalid by the ROV process.

    Blockchain enhanced route authorization

    公开(公告)号:US12177109B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-12-24

    申请号:US17981574

    申请日:2022-11-07

    Abstract: A routing device including a memory and a processor. The memory stores instructions. The processor is configured to execute the instructions to receive a signed route origin authorization (ROA), which includes a blockchain hash, and a border gateway protocol (BGP) update message, which includes one or more routes. The processor is further configured to implement a Route Origin Validation (ROV) process using the blockchain hash in the signed ROA to determine whether the one or more routes in the BGP update message are valid; update a routing table to include the one or more routes from the BGP update message when the one or more routes are determined to be valid by the ROV process; and refrain from updating the routing table with the one or more routes from the BGP update message when the one or more routes are determined to be invalid by the ROV process.

    BORDER GATEWAY PROTOCOL (BGP) FLOWSPEC ORIGINATION AUTHORIZATION USING ROUTE ORIGIN AUTHORIZATION (ROA)

    公开(公告)号:US20240137338A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-25

    申请号:US18399050

    申请日:2023-12-28

    CPC classification number: H04L63/0236 H04L45/04 H04L63/101

    Abstract: A method performed by a network node of a receiving autonomous system (AS) for verifying that a sending AS is authorized to issue a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) flow specification (FlowSpec). The network node receives a BGP update message from a sending AS. The BGP update message includes a FlowSpec associated with a prefix of an AS. The network node obtains an out-of-band Flowspec AS authorization list indicating autonomous systems (ASes) that are authorized to issue the FlowSpec for the prefix of the AS. The network node determines whether the sending AS is included on the out-of-band Flowspec AS authorization list for the prefix of the AS. The network node rejects the FlowSpec when the sending AS is not on the out-of-band FlowSpec AS authorization list for the prefix of the AS.

    System and method for forwarding packets in a hierarchical network architecture using variable length addresses

    公开(公告)号:US11902158B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-13

    申请号:US17956661

    申请日:2022-09-29

    CPC classification number: H04L45/74 H04L45/04 H04L45/566

    Abstract: This disclosure relates to transmitting data packets from a source to a destination within a communications network. A data packet is received from the source located in a local sub-network of the network. The data packet includes a first network layer protocol header having a source address containing the local sub-network address of the source, a destination address of the destination, a first field indicating a length of the source address and a second field indicating a length of the destination address. The first network layer protocol header is transformed by modifying the source address and the first field indicating the length of the source address, such that the modifying includes appending to the local sub-network address a prefix of the sub-network to make the source address an address of a higher-level network. The data packet is then forwarded toward the destination in the higher-level network.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORWARDING PACKETS IN A HIERARCHICAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURE USING VARIABLE LENGTH ADDRESSES

    公开(公告)号:US20230015347A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-19

    申请号:US17956661

    申请日:2022-09-29

    Abstract: This disclosure relates to transmitting data packets from a source to a destination within a communications network. A data packet is received from the source located in a local sub-network of the network. The data packet includes a first network layer protocol header having a source address containing the local sub-network address of the source, a destination address of the destination, a first field indicating a length of the source address and a second field indicating a length of the destination address. The first network layer protocol header is transformed by modifying the source address and the first field indicating the length of the source address, such that the modifying includes appending to the local sub-network address a prefix of the sub-network to make the source address an address of a higher-level network. The data packet is then forwarded toward the destination in the higher-level network.

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