IP communication network routing protocol message validity state signaling device
AssigneeAlcatel
InventorsOlivier Marce, Damien Galand
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Abstract
A device for processing routing protocol messages for a router of an Internet protocol communication network comprises a processor that determines if routing information contained in a routing protocol message to be sent to at least one destination peer router has been checked at least once by at least one routing checking tool, and the result of each check. It adds to the routing protocol message status information representing at least the result of each check effected on the message, with a view to sending it to the destination peer router.
Claims22
A device for processing routing protocol messages for a router of an Internet protocol communication network comprising:
- at least one routing checking tool;
- and
- processing means;
- wherein the processing means determine if a validity of routing information contained in a routing protocol message to be sent to a destination peer router has been checked at least once by the at least one routing checking tool,
- wherein the processing means determine a result of each validity check, and
- wherein the processing means add to said routing protocol message status information representing at least the result of each validity check effected thereon and send said routing protocol message comprising said status information to said destination peer router.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.