exact size and composition of this table may vary slightly depending on where and when it is observed.
Discussion: It is generally accepted that a full table, in this usage, does not contain the infrastructure routes or individual sub-aggregates of routes that are otherwise aggregated by the provider before announcement to other autonomous systems.
Measurement units: Number of routes.
Issues: The full default-free routing table is not the same as the union of all reachable unicast addresses. The table simply does not contain the default prefix (0/0) and does contain the union of all sets of BGP routes from default-free BGP routing tables.
See also: Routes, Route Instances, Default Route.
4.1.4. Default-Free Zone
Definition: The default-free zone is the part of the Internet backbone that does not have a default route.
Discussion:
Measurement units:
Issues:
See also: Default Route.
4.1.5. Full Provider-Internal Table
Definition: A full provider-internal table is a superset of the full routing table that contains infrastructure and non-aggregated routes.
Discussion: Experience has shown that this table might contain 1.3 to 1.5 times the number of routes in the externally visible full table. Tables of this size, therefore, are a real-world requirement for key internal provider routers.
Measurement units: Number of routes.
Issues:
See also: Routes, Route Instances, Default Route.
4.2. Classes of BGP-Speaking Routers
A given router may perform more than one of the following functions,