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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2023
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abilash Menon, Boxborough, MA (US);
Markus Jork, Andover, MA (US);
John M. Peterson, Arlington, MA (US);
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for computing a cost of an advertised route to a next-hop network device along a path to a destination based at least in part on a preference for the path. In one example, a computing system computes a cost of a route to a next-hop network device along a path to a destination. The computed cost is based at least in part on (1) a metric for the route and (2) a preconfigured preference for the path. In some examples, the preference for the path is based at least in part on (a) a type of the path as compared to other types of other paths to the destination or (b) a latency of the path as compared to other latencies of the other paths. The computing system sends a route advertisement for the route that includes data indicative of the cost of the route.