| US 7,415,534 B2 | ||
| Distribution of reachability information in data virtual private networks | ||
| Dwight D. Jamieson, Ottawa (Canada); and Rong R. Wang, Wheeling, Ill. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Nortel Networks Limited, St. Laurent, Quebec (Canada) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 01, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/978,909. | ||
| Application 10/978909 is a division of application No. 09/441367, filed on Nov. 17, 1999, granted, now 6,813,644. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2254813 (CA), filed on Nov. 18, 1998. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0129015 A1, Jun. 16, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 15/173 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 709—242 | 4 Claims |
| 1. A method for operating a route reflector in a data network, comprising:
receiving VPN reachability information from particular client peer node connected to the route reflector, the VPN reachability
information including a VPN identifier identifying a particular VPN;
reflecting the received VPN reachability information to all non-client peer nodes connected to the route reflector;
reflecting the received VPN reachability information to all non-solicit-capable client peer nodes connected to the route reflector;
and
reflecting the received VPN reachability information to only those solicit-capable peer nodes connected to the route reflector
which are currently participating in the particular VPN.
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