Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Modifying an address to forward a packet to a service function
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Application No.: US15504257Application Date: 2014-12-03
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Publication No.: US10374833B2Publication Date: 2019-08-06
- Inventor: Paul Bottorff , Donald Fedyk
- Applicant: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
- Current Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Patent Department
- International Application: PCT/US2014/068465 WO 20141203
- International Announcement: WO2016/089400 WO 20160609
- Main IPC: H04L12/28
- IPC: H04L12/28 ; H04L12/64 ; H04L12/54 ; H04L12/70
Abstract:
Some examples herein disclose identifying a service function chain based on a switch address from a packet. The examples disclose modifying the switch address to an address corresponding to a service function based on the identified service function chain. The examples also disclose forwarding the packet to the service function according to the modified switch address.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170288909A1 MODIFYING AN ADDRESS TO FORWARD A PACKET TO A SERVICE FUNCTION Public/Granted day:2017-10-05
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