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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2017
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Tao Wan, Ottawa, CA;
Peter Ashwood-Smith, Gatineau, CA;
Mehdi Arashmid Akhavain Mohammadi, Ottawa, CA;
Yapeng Wu, Napean, CA;
Xingjun Chu, Ottawa, CA;
Guoli Yin, Ottawa, CA;
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
A source routing method and apparatus are provided. The method includes receiving a data packet that comprises a destination address, a source address, and a payload, determining a plurality of next-hops along a service chain path between the source address and the destination address, generating a source routed data packet that comprises the destination address, the source address, the plurality of next-hops, and the payload, setting the destination address of the source routed data packet to a first next-hop from the plurality of next-hops along the service chain path, and forwarding the source routed data packet in accordance with the destination address.