Inventors:
Sriram Raghunathan - Cupertino CA, US
Yong Luo - Santa Clara CA, US
Wai Leung Chan - San Jose CA, US
Surinder Singh - Santa Clara CA, US
Abbas Sakarwala - Sunnyvale CA, US
Harmeet Sahni - Fremont CA, US
Jian Cui - Sunnyvale CA, US
Assignee:
Juniper Networks, Inc. - Sunnyvale CA
International Classification:
H04L 12/28
Abstract:
A multi-router system is described in which hardware and software components of one or more standalone routers can be partitioned into multiple logical routers. The multiple logical routers are isolated from each other in terms of routing and forwarding functions yet allow network interfaces to be shared between the logical routers. Moreover, different logical routers can share network interfaces without impacting the ability of any of the logical routers to be independently scaled to meet the bandwidth demands of the customers serviced by the logical router.