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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2011
James Guichard, New Boston, NH (US);
David Ward, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Jan Medved, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Maciek Konstantynowicz, Haddenham, GB;
James Guichard, New Boston, NH (US);
David Ward, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Jan Medved, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Maciek Konstantynowicz, Haddenham, GB;
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
In general, techniques are described for transmitting MPLS labels over a network. More specifically, a network device such a router receives a packet to be forwarded according to a label switching protocol, such as Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS). The router may determine a service instance for the packet based on a client device from which the packet originated. The network device may determine one or more services to apply to the packet based on the service instance for the packet and generate a label which having a service instance portion and a service information portion. The network device may append the label to the packet to form an MPLS-encapsulated packet, and may forward the MPLS-encapsulated packet via an output interface according to the label switching protocol.