我理解上route summary和prefix aggregation是一个概念,可以从wiki的CIDR中相关部分找到佐证。但是RFC中找不到就是了。CIDR的RFC是1519.有兴趣可以去看看。 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classless_Inter-Domain_Routing
Prefix aggregation
Another benefit of CIDR is the possibility of routing prefix aggregation (also known as "supernetting" or "route summarization"). For example, sixteen contiguous Class C (/24) networks could now be aggregated together, and advertised to the outside world as a single /20 route (if the first 20 bits of their network addresses match). Two aligned contiguous /20s could then be aggregated to a /19, and so forth. This allows a significant reduction in the number of routes that have to be advertised over the Internet, preventing 'routing table explosions' ** overwhelming routers, and stopping the Internet ** expanding further.