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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2010
Jim Guichard, New Boston, NH (US);
David Delano Ward, Somerset, WI (US);
Cedell Adam Alexander, Jr., Durham, NC (US);
Carlos M. Pignataro, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jim Guichard, New Boston, NH (US);
David Delano Ward, Somerset, WI (US);
Cedell Adam Alexander, Jr., Durham, NC (US);
Carlos M. Pignataro, Raleigh, NC (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
An application node advertises service(s), using a routing protocol, that it offers to other network nodes. For example, the routing protocol used to advertise service(s) in a Service Provider Network is typically an link-state, Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP), such as, but not limited to, Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS) or Open Shortest Path First (OSPF). Packets are encapsulated and sent from a service node (e.g., packet switching device) using one or more advertised services applied to a packet by an application node (e.g., a packet switching device and/or computing platform such as a Cisco ASR 1000).