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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2023
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kireeti Kompella, Los Altos, CA (US);
Vishnu Pavan Beeram, Hyderabad, IN;
Swamy Sadashivaiah Renu Kananda, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jonathan C. Barth, Collegeville, PA (US);
Tarek Saad, Ottawa, CA;
Chandrasekar Ramachandran, Bangalore, IN;
Srihari Ramachandra Sangli, Bengaluru, IN;
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A network device may receive an MPLS packet destined for a destination via a label-switched path (LSP), and may determine whether to apply a first special purpose label (SPL) option or a second SPL option for a label stack of the MPLS packet. The network device may apply, when the first SPL option is determined to be applied, one of a first type of the first SPL option for the label stack via a policy data indicator (PDI) and policy data (PD), or a second type of the first SPL option for the label stack via the PDI and the PD. The network device may forward the MPLS packet to a hop of the LSP based on the first type of the first SPL option or the second type of the first SPL option applied to the MPLS packet.