Dynamic segment routing mapping server for a multiprotocol label switching network

A network routing method comprising:

• receiving, at a computing device communicatively coupled to the telecommunications network, network information including an Internet Protocol (IP) address for a first node of the telecommunications network, wherein the network information further includes a plurality of IP addresses within the telecommunications network including the IP address for the first node;
• analyzing, using the computing device, the plurality of IP addresses to identify a router identifier (RID) IP address within the plurality of IP addresses, the RID IP address corresponding to a node of the telecommunications network;
• automatically generating, using the computing device, a unique segment identifier (SID) for the first node when the first node is not otherwise assigned a SID for use in segment routing of packets to the first node from other nodes of the telecommunications network;
• and
• announcing, by the computing device and through a signaling protocol, the IP address with the unique SID of the first node to at least one second node of the telecommunications network, wherein
• analyzing the subset of the plurality of IP addresses to identify the RID IP address comprises:
• comparing a mask length of each of the plurality of IP addresses to a known mask length of RID IP addresses, and
• the unique SID is generated if the mask length is equal to the known mask length.

A system for facilitating routing within a telecommunications network, the system comprising:

• a computing device communicatively couplable to the telecommunications network, the computing device configured to:
• receiving network information including an Internet Protocol (IP) address for a first node of the telecommunications network, wherein the network information further includes a plurality of IP addresses within the telecommunications network including the IP address for the first node;
• analyze the plurality of IP addresses to identify a router identifier (RID) IP address within the plurality of IP addresses, the RID IP address corresponding to a node of the telecommunications network;
• generate a unique segment identifier (SID) for the first node based on the network information;
• and
• announce, through a signaling protocol, the IP address with the unique SID of the first node to at least one second node of the telecommunications network, wherein
• analyzing the subset of the plurality of IP addresses to identify the RID IP address comprises:
• comparing a mask length of each of the plurality of IP addresses to a known mask length of RID IP addresses, and
• the unique SID is generated if the mask length is equal to the known mask length.