Future Wei Technologies, Inc.

Corsa Technology Inc.

Huawei Technologies Co., Limited

Thomas Benjamin Mack-Crane

Stacey Sheldon

Data packets are received at a communication device that is coupled to a network node in a communication network, to a gateway router that is coupled to other network nodes in the communication network, and to a further communication network. For each received data packet, a determination is made as to whether the received data packet is to be routed toward a destination by the communication device instead of by the gateway router. The received data packet is routed toward the destination by the communication device based on determining that the received data packet is to be routed toward the destination by the communication device instead of by the gateway router. Otherwise, the received data packet is switched from the communication device to the gateway router to be routed by the gateway router toward the destination.

Method and system for selective routing of data packet traffic

Header field identifiers can be dynamically bound to header fields in software defined networks via signaling between software defined network (SDN) controllers and switches. Dynamically establishing header binding definitions may allow new header fields to be recognized and manipulated (e.g., matched, modified, etc.) by SDN switches without having to update the corresponding standard. To achieve this, an SDN controller sends a binding request to an SDN switch to propose that a header field identifier be dynamically associated with a header field type. If the SDN switch acknowledges the binding request, then the header field identifier is used to identify the header field type in messages (e.g., control messages, etc.) transmitted to the SDN switch.

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Downers Grove, IL, United States of America

Thomas Benjamin Mack-Crane