System and method for using routing protocol extensions for improving spoke to spoke communication in a computer network

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8346961
APP PUB NO 20090157901A1
SERIAL NO

11954831

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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.

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  • CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.

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Asati, Rajiv Morrisville, US 124 2419
Khalid, Mohamed Cary, US 42 1864
Retana, Alvaro Enrique Raleigh, US 16 202
Sethi, Pratima Pramod Maharashtra, IN 5 106
Van, Savage Donnie Raleigh, US 3 13

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