BGP (Border Gateway Protocol)

BGP, which stands for Border Gateway Protocol, is a crucial protocol used in computer networks to determine the best routes for data transmission on the internet [1]. It is an Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard and is considered the most scalable of all routing protocols [3]. BGP plays a vital role in the global Internet as well as in Service Provider private networks [3].

Here are some key points about BGP:

  1. Purpose: BGP is primarily designed to exchange routing and reachability information among autonomous systems (AS) on the Internet [2]. It helps in determining the optimal path for data packets to reach their destination.

  2. Routing Protocol: BGP is classified as a path-vector routing protocol [2]. It makes routing decisions based on paths, network policies, or rule-sets configured by a network administrator.

  3. Types of BGP: BGP is used both within an autonomous system (AS) and between different autonomous systems. When BGP runs within an AS, it is called Interior Border Gateway Protocol (IBGP). When it runs between different ASs, it is called Exterior Border Gateway Protocol (EBGP) [2].

  4. BGP Operation: BGP neighbors, also known as peers, are established through manual configuration among routers to create a TCP session on port 179 [2]. BGP uses TCP as its transport protocol, which is unique among routing protocols. BGP speakers exchange keep-alive messages to maintain the connection [2].

  5. Route Propagation: BGP has specific rules for propagating routes between peers. New routes learned from an EBGP peer are re-advertised to all IBGP and EBGP peers. However, new routes learned from an IBGP peer are re-advertised only to EBGP peers [2]. This requires all IBGP peers within an AS to be interconnected in a full mesh with IBGP sessions.

  6. Extensions and Capabilities: BGP supports negotiation of optional capabilities during the peering handshake, including multiprotocol extensions and various recovery modes [2]. It can carry a wide range of address families, such as IPv4, IPv6, and multicast BGP.

BGP is a complex protocol with various states and mechanisms for router connectivity and route learning. It is widely used in large-scale networks to ensure efficient and reliable data transmission.


Learn more:

  1. What is BGP (Border Gateway Protocol)? - Amazon AWS
  2. Border Gateway Protocol - Wikipedia
  3. HUAWEI 什么是BGP
  4. Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) - Cisco
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