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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2012
Applicants:
Geoffrey Lefebvre, Montreal, CA;
Erik Rubow, San Jose, CA (US);
Ravi Manghirmalani, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Geoffrey Lefebvre, Montreal, CA;
Erik Rubow, San Jose, CA (US);
Ravi Manghirmalani, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/721 (2013.01); H04L 12/851 (2013.01); H04L 12/725 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/38 (2013.01); H04L 45/302 (2013.01); H04L 45/306 (2013.01); H04L 47/24 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for steering traffic through a set of services is provided. A service path or chain is assigned to a received packet based on a classification of the packet. A position and/or a direction of the traffic in the service path can be determined based on the previous service performed on the traffic. A next destination for the traffic can be assigned in accordance with the assigned service chain and determined position and direction information.