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Patent Inventor Names
Donald Eggleston Eastlake, III0
Date of Patent
November 23, 2021
0Patent Application Number
161400850
Date Filed
September 24, 2018
0Patent Citations Received
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Patent abstract
A computer-implemented method tracks congestion in a service function chain. The method includes receiving a packet at a service function forwarding node of the service function chain, the packet having an information packet, a transport header, and a network service header, forwarding the packet to a service function in accordance with the network service header, detecting congestion, and updating a congestion field in the network service header to indicate congestion was encountered in the service function chain.
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