公开(公告)号：WO2017222993A1

公开(公告)日：2017-12-28

申请号：PCT/US2017/038152

申请日：2017-06-19

Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Inventor： DARA, Sashank Venkata Krishna ,  BHANDARI, Shwetha Subray ,  BROCKNERS, Frank, Dr.

IPC: H04L12/721 ,  H04L12/751 ,  H04L12/717

CPC classification number: H04L45/741 ,  H04L45/02 ,  H04L45/04 ,  H04L45/20 ,  H04L45/26 ,  H04L45/34 ,  H04L45/42 ,  H04L69/22

Abstract: Aspects of the embodiments are directed to systems, apparatuses and methods performed at a network element. Embodiments include receiving a packet; identifying a hop number for the network element; identifying a unique identifier for the network element; determining a path identifier based on the hop number and the unique identifier; augmenting the packet metadata with the path identifier; and transmitting the packet to a next network element.

Abstract translation: 实施例的各方面涉及在网络元件处执行的系统，设备和方法。 实施例包括接收分组; 识别该网元的跳数; 识别所述网元的唯一标识符; 基于跳数和唯一标识符确定路径标识符; 用路径标识符扩充分组元数据; 并将数据包传输到下一个网络元素。