Patent attributes
In general, techniques for dynamically provisioning service chains are described. In one example a network device comprises a control unit having at least one processor coupled to a memory, wherein the control unit is configured to receive a services list comprising an ordered list of services, the ordered list of services specifying at least a first service and a second service. The network device also comprises a forwarding unit coupled to the control unit and configured to receive a packet of a packet flow from a first service node that has applied the first service to the packet, wherein the forwarding unit is configured to send, based at least on the ordered list of services, the packet to a second service node that applies the second service.
