CPC H04L 45/24 (2013.01) [H04L 45/74 (2013.01); H04L 47/17 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method within an equal cost multi-path routing (ECMP) control plane, the method comprising:
receiving, at a first intermediate node of multiple intermediate nodes, one or more Internet Protocol (IP) prefixes from a downstream node, wherein:
the multiple intermediate nodes broadcast a next-hop group identification (ID) to an upstream node;
the next-hop group ID identifies a next-hop group of the multiple intermediate nodes that each have access to the downstream node that has access to the one or more IP prefixes; and
the first intermediate node has been designated, by the upstream node, a primary designated speaker for the next-hop group of the multiple intermediate nodes; and
broadcasting, by only the first intermediate node to the upstream node, the one or more IP prefixes.
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