Autonomous adaptive route-summarization

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, an apparatus, comprising: a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising: automatically determining for a plurality of downstream network nodes one or more subnet identifiers, one or more network identifiers, or a combination thereof; automatically summarizing the one or more subnet identifiers, the one or more network identifiers, or the combination thereof to produce a summary; automatically determining whether the summary requires updating, resulting in a determination; and responsive to the determination being that the summary requires updating, automatically updating the summary to produce an updated summary, wherein the updated summary: deletes one or more subnets that were in the summary; adds one or more subnets that were not in the summary; deletes one or more networks that were in the summary, adds one or more networks that were not in the summary; deletes one or more non-existent identifiers, other than the one or more subnet identifiers and the one or more network identifiers, that were in the summary; adds one or more non-existent identifiers, other than the one or more subnet identifiers and the one or more network identifiers, that were not in the summary; or any combination thereof. Other embodiments are disclosed.