Packet BGPKeepAliveMessage

File: src/inet/routing/bgpv4/BGPMessage/BGPKeepAlive.msg

Represents a BGPv4 KEEPALIVE message.

KEEPALIVE messages are exchanged as often as necessary between systems to avoid exceeding the BGP Hold Timer (constant defined in BGPOpen).

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Extends:

Name	Type	Description
BGPHeader	packet	Represents a BGPv4 message header.

Fields:

Name	Type	Description
type	char
byteLength

Source code:

//
// Represents a BGPv4 KEEPALIVE message.
//
// KEEPALIVE messages are exchanged as often as necessary between systems
// to avoid exceeding the BGP Hold Timer (constant defined in BGPOpen).
//
packet BGPKeepAliveMessage extends BGPHeader
{
    type = BGP_KEEPALIVE;
}