- All Implemented Interfaces:
- BGP4Element
public class OriginAttribute
extends PathAttribute
ORIGIN is a well-known mandatory attribute. The ORIGIN attribute is
generated by the speaker that originates the associated routing
information. Its value SHOULD NOT be changed by any other speaker.
a) ORIGIN (Type Code 1):
ORIGIN is a well-known mandatory attribute that defines the
origin of the path information. The data octet can assume
the following values:
Value Meaning
0 IGP - Network Layer Reachability Information
is interior to the originating AS
1 EGP - Network Layer Reachability Information
learned via the EGP protocol [RFC904]
2 INCOMPLETE - Network Layer Reachability
Information learned by some other means
- Author:
- mcs