	US 12,081,367 B2
	Generating route target values for virtual private network routes
Sandeep Sridhar, Bangalore (IN); and Ganesha Hebbale Venkatasubbaiah, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/301,870.
Application 18/301,870 is a continuation of application No. 17/301,276, filed on Mar. 30, 2021, granted, now 11,632,268.
Prior Publication US 2023/0254183 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 49/25 (2022.01); H04L 69/324 (2022.01)

CPC H04L 12/4683 (2013.01) [H04L 49/25 (2013.01); H04L 69/324 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A network system comprising processing circuitry in communication with memory, the processing circuitry being configured to:

detect existence of a new virtual network object associated with a virtual network, wherein the virtual network comprises virtual network endpoints corresponding to one or more of a plurality of nodes;

obtain an identifier of the virtual network;

generate, based on the identifier of the virtual network, a route target value for the virtual network; and

output, to a routing protocol peer device, a virtual private network (VPN) route that specifies, in one or more data fields of the VPN route, at least a network address for at least one of the plurality of nodes, a virtual network address prefix associated with the virtual network, and the route target value for the virtual network that was generated based on the identifier of the virtual network.