Method and apparatus for aggregate network address routes

A platform for assigning network addresses to users comprising:

• a plurality of routing devices;
• and
• memory having a set of instructions, wherein the instructions provide for:
• receiving a first request to assign a first network address to a first user;
• allocating a first address sub-pool of a plurality of address sub-pools to a first routing device of the plurality of routing devices, wherein each address sub-pool of the plurality of address sub-pools comprises a unique set of network addresses;
• transmitting a first message to the plurality of routing devices to indicate that the first address sub-pool has been allocated to the first routing device;
• assigning the first network address to the first user from the first address sub-pool;
• and
• advertising an aggregate route for the first address sub-pool over a network.

A method for allocating network addresses comprising:

• providing an address pool comprising a plurality of network addresses;
• dividing the address pool into a plurality of address sub-pools, each of the sub-pools comprising a unique subset of the network addresses of the address pool, wherein each of the sub-pools is available for use by any one of a plurality of routing devices of the network access server;
• receiving a first request to assign a first network address to a first user;
• allocating a first address sub-pool of the plurality of address sub-pools to a first routing device of the plurality of routing devices;
• transmitting a first message to the plurality of routing devices to indicate that the first address sub-pool has been allocated to the first routing device;
• assigning the first network address to the first user from the first address sub-pool;
• advertising an aggregate route for the first address sub-pool over a network;
• receiving a second request to assign a second network address to a second user;
• allocating a second address sub-pool to a second routing device;
• transmitting a second message to the plurality of routing devices to indicate that the second address sub-pool has been allocated to the second routing device;
• assigning the second network address to the second user from the second address sub-pool;
• advertising an aggregate route for the second address sub-pool over the network;
• receiving a third request to assign a third network address to a third user;
• assigning the third network address to the third user from the second address sub-pool;
• unassigning the first network address from the first user;
• unallocating the first address sub-pool from the first routing device;
• and
• transmitting a third message to the plurality of routing devices to indicate that the first address sub-pool is no longer allocated to the first routing device.