What Does Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Mean?
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is a routing protocol used to transfer data and information between different host gateways, the Internet or autonomous systems. BGP is a Path Vector Protocol (PVP), which maintains paths to different hosts, networks and gateway routers and determines the routing decision based on that. It does not use Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) metrics for routing decisions, but only decides the route based on path, network policies and rule sets.Sometimes, BGP is described as a reachability protocol rather than a routing protocol.
Techopedia Explains Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
BGP roles include:
