METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATICALLY POPULATING NETWORK ROUTE TABLE

摘要

Methods and systems for automatically populating a network routing table are disclosed. According to one method, where one node includes a route table auto-population application and an adjacent node does not, SS7 network management procedures are used to automatically populate the route table of the requesting node. In another method in which adjacent nodes include route table auto-population applications, the requesting node establishes a secure connection with each adjacent node, requests copies of the route tables from each adjacent node, and uses the received information to populate its route tables. In another implementation, a route table auto-population application dynamically requests and receives routing information for a destination for which no route exists in its route table in response to a received signaling message to be routed to the destination.