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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2010
Cedell Adam Alexander, Jr., Durham, NC (US);
Christopher Y. Metz, Danville, CA (US);
Jim Guichard, New Boston, NH (US);
David Delano Ward, Somerset, WI (US);
Cedell Adam Alexander, Jr., Durham, NC (US);
Christopher Y. Metz, Danville, CA (US);
Jim Guichard, New Boston, NH (US);
David Delano Ward, Somerset, WI (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Packets are encapsulated and sent from a service node to an application node for applying one or more Layer-4 to Layer-7 services to the packets, with service-applied packets being returned to the service node. An identification of a virtual private network (VPN) may be carried within a request packet, encapsulating a particular packet, sent by a service node to an application node for applying a service to the particular packet; with the corresponding response packet sent to the service node including an identification of the VPN for use by the service node node in forwarding the services-applied packet. Additionally, parameters may be included in a request packet to identify a particular service of a general service to be applied to a particular packet encapsulated in the request packet.