| CPC H04L 45/02 (2013.01) [H04L 12/66 (2013.01); H04L 45/22 (2013.01); H04L 63/0227 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A method, comprising:
receiving, at a first border node from a mapping function, a first map notification indicating a second border node in an internal software-defined (SD) network fabric is registered for a second external traffic connection to an external network;
establishing a first backup path from the first border node in the internal SD network fabric to the second border node for a first external traffic connection to the external network at the first border node;
detecting, at the first border node, a change in the first traffic external connection at the first border node; and
routing, at the first border node, network traffic for the first external traffic connection via the first backup path.
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