How AWS unified its routing control plane to improve network availability and performance
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This article explains how AWS unified its routing control plane to improve network availability and performance across its global infrastructure.
- Replaced independent control planes with a single unified system providing one consistent view of the network
- Implemented unidirectional design separating route collection and distribution to prevent routing loops
- Added end-to-end tunneling to protect traffic during convergence and prevent packet misdirection
- Achieved up to 96% improvement in route convergence time for some fabrics
- Simplified operations by eliminating complexity of managing distinct routing architectures
The unified control plane enables faster network adaptation to changes, reducing packet loss and latency while supporting AWS's growing infrastructure and emerging high-demand workloads.
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