C&W Worldwide tagged Community Attribute Values

Introduction
The new implementation allows for a 5 digit string, following the "1273:" notation. Each bit/digit has a pertinent value and meaning represented in the following tables (1273:xxxxx). This was facilitated to provide the following routing information to customers receiving a routing table from C&W Worldwide via eBGP routing.

Identification of route source by
  • Customer or peer
  • Region
    • Predefined by C&W Worldwide
    • Based upon physical connection point
  • Country
    • Predefined by C&W Worldwide
    • Based upon physical connection point
Source of Route
The format for the second component of customer route community number (after 1273:) is set at five digits. This fixed length allows regular expressions to be used in routing policy statements to select subsets of customer routes. This format is 1273:SRCCC where the fields are coded in the following way.
"S" refers to 'source' of the route:
Source Code
CodeSource
1Customer
2Peer
3Upstream
Example:
      	1273:1xxxx	customer route
     	1273:2xxxx	peer route
	1273:3xxxx	upstream route
Region of Route
"R" defines the region, as specified below. Codes 7 through 0 that are not defined yet and thus available for future region definitions. Since there are only four available region codes left, the definition of each code shall await a need for the function it would provide.
Regional Code
RegionCode
1North America (U.S.A and Canada)
2Europe
3Asia (including Japan)
4Australia
5South America
6Available for future region definitions
7Available for future region definitions
8Available for future region definitions
9Available for future region definitions
0Available for future region definitions
Example:
                       
	1273:11xxx	customer, North America
	1273:24xxx	peer, Australia
Contry of Route
"CCC" signifies country code defined by ISO 3166 codes for countries.
Note: Peers & upstreams use a country code of "000".
Country Code
CodeCountry Abbr.Country
004AF AFGHANISTAN
008AL ALBANIA
012DZ ALGERIA
016AS AMERICAN SAMOA
020AD ANDORRA
024AO ANGOLA
660AI ANGUILLA
010AQ ANTARCTICA
028AG ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
032AR ARGENTINA
051AM ARMENIA
533AW ARUBA
036AU AUSTRALIA
040AT AUSTRIA
031AZ AZERBAIJAN
044BS BAHAMAS
048BH BAHRAIN
050BD BANGLADESH
052BB BARBADOS
112BY BELARUS
056BE BELGIUM
084BZ BELIZE
204BJ BENIN
060BM BERMUDA
064BT BHUTAN
068BO BOLIVIA
070BA BOSNIA AND HERZEGOWINA
072BW BOTSWANA
074BV BOUVET ISLAND
076BR BRAZIL
086IO BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY
096BN BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
100BG BULGARIA
854BF BURKINA FASO
108BI BURUNDI
116KH CAMBODIA
120CM CAMEROON
124CA CANADA
132CV CAPE VERDE
136KY CAYMAN ISLANDS
140CF CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
148TD CHAD
152CL CHILE
156CN CHINA
162CX CHRISTMAS ISLAND
166CC COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS
170CO COLOMBIA
174KM COMOROS
178CG CONGO
180CD CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE
184CK COOK ISLANDS
188CR COSTA RICA
384CI COTE D'IVOIRE
191HR CROATIA (local name: Hrvatska)
192CU CUBA
196CY CYPRUS
203CZ CZECH REPUBLIC
208DK DENMARK
262DJ DJIBOUTI
212DM DOMINICA
214DO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
626TP EAST TIMOR
218EC ECUADOR
818EG EGYPT
222SV EL SALVADOR
226GQ EQUATORIAL GUINEA
232ER ERITREA
233EE ESTONIA
231ET ETHIOPIA
238FK FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS)
234FO FAROE ISLANDS
242FJ FIJI
246FI FINLAND
250FR FRANCE
249FX FRANCE, METROPOLITAN
254GF FRENCH GUIANA
258PF FRENCH POLYNESIA
260TF FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES
266GA GABON
270GM GAMBIA
268GE GEORGIA
276DE GERMANY
288GH GHANA
292GI GIBRALTAR
300GR GREECE
304GL GREENLAND
308GD GRENADA
312GP GUADELOUPE
316GU GUAM
320GT GUATEMALA
324GN GUINEA
624GW GUINEA-BISSAU
328GY GUYANA
332HT HAITI
334HM HEARD AND MC DONALD ISLANDS
336VA HOLY SEE (VATICAN CITY STATE)
340HN HONDURAS
344HK HONG KONG
348HU HUNGARY
352IS ICELAND
356IN INDIA
360ID INDONESIA
364IR IRAN (ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF)
368IQ IRAQ
372IE IRELAND
376IL ISRAEL
380IT ITALY
388JM JAMAICA
392JP JAPAN
400JO JORDAN
398KZ KAZAKHSTAN
404KE KENYA
296KI KIRIBATI
408KP KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF
410KR KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
414KW KUWAIT
417KG KYRGYZSTAN
418LA LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
428LV LATVIA
422LB LEBANON
426LS LESOTHO
430LR LIBERIA
434LY LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA
438LI LIECHTENSTEIN
440LT LITHUANIA
442LU LUXEMBOURG
446MO MACAU
807MK MACEDONIA, FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF
450MG MADAGASCAR
454MW MALAWI
458MY MALAYSIA
462MV MALDIVES
466ML MALI
470MT MALTA
584MH MARSHALL ISLANDS
474MQ MARTINIQUE
478MR MAURITANIA
480MU MAURITIUS
175YT MAYOTTE
484MX MEXICO
583FM MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF
498MD MOLDOVA, REPUBLIC OF
492MC MONACO
496MN MONGOLIA
500MS MONTSERRAT
504MA MOROCCO
508MZ MOZAMBIQUE
104MM MYANMAR
516NA NAMIBIA
520NR NAURU
524NP NEPAL
528NL NETHERLANDS
530AN NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
540NC NEW CALEDONIA
554NZ NEW ZEALAND
558NI NICARAGUA
562NE NIGER
566NG NIGERIA
570NU NIUE
574NF NORFOLK ISLAND
580MP NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS
578NO NORWAY
512OM OMAN
586PK PAKISTAN
585PW PALAU
275PS PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, OCCUPIED
591PA PANAMA
598PG PAPUA NEW GUINEA
600PY PARAGUAY
604PE PERU
608PH PHILIPPINES
612PN PITCAIRN
616PL POLAND
620PT PORTUGAL
630PR PUERTO RICO
634QA QATAR
638RE REUNION
642RO ROMANIA
643RU RUSSIAN FEDERATION
646RW RWANDA
659KN SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS
662LC SAINT LUCIA
670VC SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
882WS SAMOA
674SM SAN MARINO
678ST SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE
682SA SAUDI ARABIA
686SN SENEGAL
690SC SEYCHELLES
694SL SIERRA LEONE
702SG SINGAPORE
703SK SLOVAKIA (Slovak Republic)
705SI SLOVENIA
090SB SOLOMON ISLANDS
706SO SOMALIA
710ZA SOUTH AFRICA
239GS SOUTH GEORGIA & SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS
724ES SPAIN
144LK SRI LANKA
654SH ST. HELENA
666PM ST. PIERRE AND MIQUELON
736SD SUDAN
740SR SURINAME
744SJ SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN ISLANDS
748SZ SWAZILAND
752SE SWEDEN
756CH SWITZERLAND
760SY SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
158TW TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA
762TJ TAJIKISTAN
834TZ TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF
764TH THAILAND
768TG TOGO
772TK TOKELAU
776TO TONGA
780TT TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
788TN TUNISIA
792TR TURKEY
795TM TURKMENISTAN
796TC TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS
798TV TUVALU
800UG UGANDA
804UA UKRAINE
784AE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
826GB UNITED KINGDOM
840US UNITED STATES
581UM UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS
858UY URUGUAY
860UZ UZBEKISTAN
548VU VANUATU
862VE VENEZUELA
704VN VIET NAM
092VG VIRGIN ISLANDS (BRITISH)
850VI VIRGIN ISLANDS (U.S.)
876WF WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS
732EH WESTERN SAHARA
887YE YEMEN
891YU YUGOSLAVIA
894ZM ZAMBIA
716ZW ZIMBABWE
Example:
	
	1273:11840	customer, North America, United States
	1273:22000   	Peer, Europe, Italy
	1273:31000	Upstream provider, North America, United States