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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2019
Applicant:
Orange, Issy-les-Moulineaux, FR;
Inventor:
Bruno Decraene, Chatillon, FR;
Assignee:
ORANGE, Issy-les-Moulineaux, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 12/723 (2013.01); H04L 45/50 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/50 (2013.01); H04L 12/4633 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for sending data packets encapsulated according to the MPLS protocol, and a sending device of an IP/MPLS network configured to implement the method. The sending method includes obtaining an identifier representative of a group of data packets having at least one data packet, inserting the identifier into at least one part of a data field associated with an entropy label of the MPLS protocol of the at least one data packet, and sending the at least one data packet in the IP/MPLS network.