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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2023
Applicant:
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Addison, TX (US);
Inventors:
Donald Eggleston Eastlake, III, Apopka, FL (US);
Haoyu Song, Addison, TX (US);
Assignee:
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Addison, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/00 (2022.01); H04L 45/74 (2022.01); H04L 61/4511 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/74 (2013.01); H04L 45/34 (2013.01); H04L 61/4511 (2022.05);
Abstract
A method performed by a Domain Name System (DNS) name server for providing Segment Routing (SR) Internet Protocol (IP) version 6 (SRv6) information. The method includes receiving a DNS query for an SRv6 resource record (RR) corresponding to a DNS name; determining whether data corresponding to the DNS name comprises the SRv6 RR in response to the DNS query; and transmitting a DNS response, wherein the DNS response comprises the SRv6 RR when the data comprises the SRv6 RR.