Invention Application
- Patent Title: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSPORTING INFORMATION TO SERVICES IN A NETWORK ENVIRONMENT
- Patent Title (中): 在网络环境中向服务运输信息的系统和方法
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Application No.: US14279724Application Date: 2014-05-16
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Publication No.: US20150334595A1Publication Date: 2015-11-19
- Inventor: Hendrikus G. P. Bosch , Ian McDowell Campbell , Humberto J. La Roche , James N. Guichard , Surendra M. Kumar , Paul Quinn , Alessandro Duminuco , Jeffrey Napper , Ravi Shekhar
- Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- Current Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Main IPC: H04W28/02
- IPC: H04W28/02 ; H04L12/24

Abstract:
An example method is provided in one example embodiment and may include receiving a packet for a subscriber at a gateway, wherein the gateway includes a local policy anchor for interfacing with one or more policy servers and one or more classifiers for interfacing with one or more service chains, each service chain including one or more services accessible by the gateway; determining a service chain to receive the subscriber's packet; appending the subscriber's packet with a header, wherein the header includes, at least in part, identification information for the subscriber and an Internet Protocol (IP) address for the local policy anchor; and injecting the packet including the header into the service chain determined for the subscriber.
Public/Granted literature
- US09379931B2 System and method for transporting information to services in a network environment Public/Granted day:2016-06-28
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