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Patent Inventor Names
Rajiv Asati0
Carlos M. Pignataro0
James N. Guichard0
Nagendra Kumar Nainar0
Paul Quinn0
Date of Patent
December 25, 2018
0Patent Application Number
150495210
Date Filed
February 22, 2016
0Patent Citations Received
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Patent abstract
In one embodiment, a device in a network receives a packet that includes one or more forwarding labels and a service function chaining (SFC) header. The device removes the one or more forwarding labels from the packet. The device inserts an indication of the one or more forwarding labels into metadata of the SFC header. The device forwards the packet with the inserted indication of the one or more forwarding labels to a service function.
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