US 12,463,896 B2
External border gateway protocol peer analysis
Sandeep Reddy Mereddy, Aurora, CO (US)
Assigned to Charter Communications Operating, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed by Charter Communications Operating, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed on Oct. 23, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/079,201.
Prior Publication US 2022/0131785 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 29/02 (2006.01); H04L 41/12 (2022.01); H04L 41/16 (2022.01); H04L 41/22 (2022.01); H04L 45/02 (2022.01); H04L 45/033 (2022.01); H04L 45/58 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 45/58 (2013.01) [H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 41/16 (2013.01); H04L 41/22 (2013.01); H04L 45/033 (2022.05); H04L 45/04 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
obtaining, for each of a plurality of respective external border gateway protocol (EBGP) routers in a first autonomous system (AS), corresponding EBGP peer information about at least one EBGP peer router of the respective EBGP router, the at least one EBGP peer router being in a different AS than the first AS;
presenting, on a display device, user interface imagery that comprises a plurality of EBGP router controls, each EBGP router control corresponding to one of the plurality of EBGP routers and being user-selectable;
receiving a router selection input that identifies a first EBGP router control of the plurality of EBGP router controls, the first EBGP router control corresponding to a first EBGP router of the plurality of EBGP routers; and
in response to receiving the router selection input, presenting, on the display device, user interface imagery that identifies the at least one EBGP peer router of the first EBGP router and includes one or more of an internet protocol address of the at least one EBGP peer router, an autonomous system number assigned to the at least one EBGP peer router, and a textual description associated with the at least one EBGP peer router.