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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2015
Applicant:
Zte Corporation, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, CN;
Inventor:
Ting AO, Shenzhen, CN;
Assignee:
ZTE CORPORATION, , CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/803 (2013.01); H04L 12/707 (2013.01); H04L 12/715 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/721 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/125 (2013.01); H04L 45/24 (2013.01); H04L 45/64 (2013.01); H04L 69/22 (2013.01); H04L 45/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided are a method for load balancing of a Service Function Chain (SFC), a Service Function forwarder (SFF), a classification device, a controller and an SFC system. The method includes: an SFF receives a packet, herein an SFC header of the packet carries a Service Function Chain Flow Identifier (SFCFID); and the SFF forwards the packet in a load balancing path according to the SFCFID carried in the SFC header of the packet.