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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2014
Applicant:
Nec Europe Ltd., Heidelberg, DE;
Inventors:
Roberto Bifulco, Heidelberg, DE;
Anton Matsiuk, Heidelberg, DE;
Assignee:
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04L 12/851 (2013.01); H04L 12/715 (2013.01); H04L 12/725 (2013.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 61/35 (2013.01); H04L 45/64 (2013.01); H04L 47/2441 (2013.01); H04L 41/0266 (2013.01); H04L 45/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for operating a network includes implementing at least one service function chain (SFC) including several service functions (SFs) for providing traffic steering; encoding traffic steering information related to the at least one SFC; and using redundant information in an addressing scheme of network hosts for addressing the SFs.