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  The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)is an interautonomous system()protocol.The primary function of a BGP speaking system is to exchange network ()information with other BGP system.This network reachability information includes information on the list of Autonomous System(ASs)that reachability  information  traverses.BGP-4 provides a new set of mechanisms for supporting ()interdomain routing.These mechanisms include support for advertising an IP ()and eliminate the concept of network class within BGP.BGP-4 also introduces mechanisms that allow aggregation of routes, including ()of AS paths.These changes provide support for the proposed supernettting scheme.