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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Skytap, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Peter Holland, Seattle, WA (US);
Bradley M. Schick, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Skytap, Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); G01R 31/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/751 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A dynamic service routing protocol (DSRP) communicates messages (e.g., containing information regarding network routes and tables) across a partial-mesh network of nodes. Gateway nodes (i.e., computing devices that operate as a final sink point for a service route) are connected to edge routers (i.e., computing devices that operate as a transit for a service route) but not necessarily to other host nodes. Gateway nodes asynchronously and/or dynamically send DSRP messages for updating the router nodes' routing tables and to minimize manual route configuration.