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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2012
Applicants:
Arun Kavunder, Wilmington, MA (US);
Rajeev Koodli, Saratoga, CA (US);
Inventors:
Arun Kavunder, Wilmington, MA (US);
Rajeev Koodli, Saratoga, CA (US);
Assignee:
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04L 12/14 (2006.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 28/08 (2009.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04W 88/16 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 28/0215 (2013.01); H04L 12/14 (2013.01); H04L 41/0896 (2013.01); H04W 8/18 (2013.01); H04W 28/08 (2013.01); H04W 88/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes configuring a network element for subscriber-specific service chaining and traffic steering, where the configuring includes programming a selected service flow router user plane element with a subscriber context corresponding to a subscriber's session at a subscriber termination function. The subscriber context comprises instructions to steer subscriber traffic through a plurality of services in a network environment.