Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dynamic service path creation
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Application No.: US13944050Application Date: 2013-07-17
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Publication No.: US09755959B2Publication Date: 2017-09-05
- Inventor: James Guichard , Paul Quinn , Surendra Kumar , Govind P. Sharma , Abhijit Patra
- 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
- Agency: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC
- Main IPC: G06F15/173
- IPC: G06F15/173 ; H04L12/725 ; H04L29/08

Abstract:
Presented herein are techniques for dynamic creation of a unique service path for a service chain. In one example, a service controller and a plurality of service nodes are provided, each service node configured to apply a service function to traffic that passes through the respective service node. The service controller defines a service chain identifying a set of service functions and an order in which they are applied. The service controller receives an indication that the service chain has been instantiated at a classifier, and creates a unique service path for the service chain, wherein the unique service path includes the service chain and the classifier at which the service chain is instantiated.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150026362A1 Dynamic Service Path Creation Public/Granted day:2015-01-22
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