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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
May. 18, 2018
Applicant:
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventor:
Lin Han, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/801 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 69/161 (2013.01); H04L 47/17 (2013.01); H04L 47/18 (2013.01); H04L 69/166 (2013.01); H04L 69/167 (2013.01); H04L 69/22 (2013.01); H04L 69/26 (2013.01); H04L 69/325 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method implemented by a network element (NE) comprises receiving, by a receiver of the NE, an Internet Protocol (IP) version 4 (IPv4) packet from another NE, wherein the IPv4 packet comprises an IPv4 header, an extension header, and upper layer data, wherein the IPv4 header comprises a protocol number associated with the extension header, and wherein the IPv4 packet comprises a total length of the extension header, and processing, by a processor coupled to the receiver, the IPv4 packet based on the total length of the extension header.