Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Selective service bypass in service function chaining
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Application No.: US14508570Application Date: 2014-10-07
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Publication No.: US09686181B2Publication Date: 2017-06-20
- Inventor: Nobushige Akiya , Nagendra Kumar Nainar , Carlos M. Pignataro
- 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
- Agent Cindy Kaplan
- Main IPC: H04L12/703
- IPC: H04L12/703 ; H04L12/723 ; H04L12/823 ; H04L12/741 ; H04L12/851
Abstract:
In one embodiment, a method includes identifying a failure of a service function at a service node in a service chain, receiving a packet at the service node, and processing the packet at the service node according to a flag associated with the service function and set based on a criticality of the service function. An apparatus is also disclosed herein.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160099864A1 SELECTIVE SERVICE BYPASS IN SERVICE FUNCTION CHAINING Public/Granted day:2016-04-07
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