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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2014
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
Michael Satterlee, Clifton Park, NY (US);
Neal Shackleton, Tierra Verde, FL (US);
John F. Gibbons, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus to dynamically control connectivity within VPNs are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes broadcasting, by a route server, a border gateway protocol advertisement as received at the route server; determining a first provider edge router is to be configured for additional connectivity beyond a connectivity defined in a table associated with the first provider edge router, the additional connectivity including an identification of a second provider edge router to which the first provider edge router is to be communicatively coupled; generating a copy of the received border gateway protocol advertisement; modifying the copy of the received border gateway protocol advertisement to facilitate the additional connectivity; and broadcasting the modified copy of the received border gateway protocol advertisement.