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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2023
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Pritam Baruah, Fremont, CA (US);
Amjad Inamdar, Karnataka, IN;
Laxmikantha Reddy Ponnuru, San Ramon, CA (US);
Avinash Shah, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Jai Prakash Agrawal, Bilaspur, IN;
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
One or more aspects of the present disclosure are directed to providing a single hierarchical construct for defining requirements (connectivity parameters) of a service in a service chain. In one aspect, a single construct for identifying a service in a service chain includes a first object identifying at least one path for accessing an instance of the service within a communication network, a second object identifying a respective communication protocol for the at least one path; and a third object identifying at least a transmission specification for the respective communication protocol in the second object, wherein the second object and the third object are embedded within the first object.