diff --git a/network/router/default_router.go b/network/router/default_router.go
index ae55ee9f..18544b6e 100644
--- a/network/router/default_router.go
+++ b/network/router/default_router.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/micro/go-micro/registry"
 	"github.com/olekukonko/tablewriter"
@@ -12,8 +13,8 @@ import (
 // router provides default router implementation
 type router struct {
 	opts       Options
-	started    bool
-	advertChan chan *Advertisement
+	running    bool
+	advertChan chan *Update
 	exit       chan struct{}
 	wg         *sync.WaitGroup
 }
@@ -30,8 +31,8 @@ func newRouter(opts ...Option) Router {
 
 	return &router{
 		opts:       options,
-		started:    false,
-		advertChan: make(chan *Advertisement),
+		running:    false,
+		advertChan: make(chan *Update),
 		exit:       make(chan struct{}),
 		wg:         &sync.WaitGroup{},
 	}
@@ -72,8 +73,8 @@ func (r *router) Network() string {
 
 // Advertise advertises the routes to the network.
 // It returns error if any of the launched goroutines fail with error.
-func (r *router) Advertise() (<-chan *Advertisement, error) {
-	if !r.started {
+func (r *router) Advertise() (<-chan *Update, error) {
+	if !r.running {
 		// add local service routes into the routing table
 		if err := r.addServiceRoutes(r.opts.Registry, "local", DefaultLocalMetric); err != nil {
 			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed adding routes: %v", err)
@@ -135,17 +136,19 @@ func (r *router) Advertise() (<-chan *Advertisement, error) {
 
 			// close the advertise channel
 			close(r.advertChan)
+			// mark the router as stopped
+			r.running = false
 		}()
 
-		// mark the router as started
-		r.started = true
+		// mark the router as running
+		r.running = true
 	}
 
 	return r.advertChan, nil
 }
 
 // Update updates the routing table using the advertised values
-func (r *router) Update(a *Advertisement) error {
+func (r *router) Update(a *Update) error {
 	// we extract the route from advertisement and update the routing table
 	route := Route{
 		Destination: a.Event.Route.Destination,
@@ -279,9 +282,16 @@ func (r *router) watchTable(w Watcher) error {
 			break
 		}
 
-		r.advertChan <- &Advertisement{
-			ID:    r.ID(),
-			Event: event,
+		u := &Update{
+			ID:        r.ID(),
+			Timestamp: time.Now(),
+			Event:     event,
+		}
+
+		select {
+		case <-r.exit:
+			return nil
+		case r.advertChan <- u:
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/network/router/router.go b/network/router/router.go
index a8772768..9aa8789a 100644
--- a/network/router/router.go
+++ b/network/router/router.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // Package router provides a network routing control plane
 package router
 
+import "time"
+
 var (
 	// DefaultRouter is default network router
 	DefaultRouter = NewRouter()
@@ -21,19 +23,21 @@ type Router interface {
 	// Network returns the network address of the router
 	Network() string
 	// Advertise starts advertising routes to the network
-	Advertise() (<-chan *Advertisement, error)
+	Advertise() (<-chan *Update, error)
 	// Update updates the routing table
-	Update(*Advertisement) error
+	Update(*Update) error
 	// Stop stops the router
 	Stop() error
 	// String returns debug info
 	String() string
 }
 
-// Advertisement is sent by the router to the network
-type Advertisement struct {
+// Update is sent by the router to the network
+type Update struct {
 	// ID is the source router ID
 	ID string
+	// Timestamp marks the time when update is sent
+	Timestamp time.Time
 	// Event defines advertisement even
 	Event *Event
 }