pathvectortyyppinen
Pathvectortyyppinen is an adjective used in Finnish to describe systems, protocols, or data structures that rely on path-vector information to determine routes or relationships. In computer networking, a path-vector type scheme conveys to a destination a representation of the path taken to reach it, typically as an ordered sequence of identifiers such as autonomous system numbers.
Key characteristics include carrying the path history in route updates, using the path to detect and prevent
A prominent example is the Border Gateway Protocol, commonly described as a path-vector protocol. In BGP, updates
Applications of path-vector type protocols include inter-domain routing on the Internet, traffic engineering, and policy-based routing