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Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2020

Filed:

Dec. 08, 2017
Applicant:

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, Guangdong, CN;

Inventors:

Weiguo Hao, Nanjing, CN;

Qiandeng Liang, Nanjing, CN;

Shibi Huang, Shenzhen, CN;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/735 (2013.01); H04L 12/721 (2013.01); H04L 12/715 (2013.01); H04L 12/851 (2013.01); H04L 12/725 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/4633 (2013.01); H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04L 41/50 (2013.01); H04L 45/306 (2013.01); H04L 45/38 (2013.01); H04L 45/64 (2013.01); H04L 47/2441 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of implementing a service chain in a service chain-enabled domain network includes: receiving, by an intermediate service node (SN), an extended first Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) packet from a downstream SN that is on a service chain path and immediately adjacent to the intermediate SN, the extended first BGP packet including a service chain path identifier identifying the service chain path and a first service chain path including a service chain path from an ingress SN to the intermediate SN, determining an upstream SN that is on the first service chain path and immediately adjacent to the intermediate SN, and sending an extended second BGP packet to the upstream SN, the extended second BGP packet including the service chain path identifier and a second service chain path including a service chain path from the ingress SN to the upstream SN.


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