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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2007
Rajiv Asati, Morrisville, NC (US);
Mohamed Khalid, Cary, NC (US);
Alvaro Enrique Retana, Raleigh, NC (US);
Donnie Van Savage, Raleigh, NC (US);
Pratima Pramod Sethi, Maharashtra, IN;
Rajiv Asati, Morrisville, NC (US);
Mohamed Khalid, Cary, NC (US);
Alvaro Enrique Retana, Raleigh, NC (US);
Donnie Van Savage, Raleigh, NC (US);
Pratima Pramod Sethi, Maharashtra, IN;
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for using routing protocol extensions to improve spoke to spoke communication in a computer network are disclosed. Embodiments provide systems and methods to establish a tunnel between a first spoke and a hub, exchange routing information between the first spoke and the hub using a routing protocol, extend the routing protocol and an associated database to include next hop mapping information, and establish a tunnel between the first spoke and a second spoke according to information in the database.