The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2023
Zte Corporation, Guangdong, CN;
Gregory Mirsky, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Yao Liu, Shenzhen, CN;
ZTE Corporation, Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for load balancing and operation, administration and maintenance (OAM) in service function chaining using the multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) forwarding plane. In some implementations, a packet processing method includes processing a network packet comprising a plurality of labels based on presence of an indicator label in the plurality of labels such that in case that the indicator label is present in the network packet, the indicator label is used to determine a first destination of a payload of the network packet, and in case that the indicator label is not present in the network packet, the payload is passed to a second destination selected based on a service function indicator in the plurality of labels.