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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2015
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Tao Wan, Ottawa, CA;
Peter Ashwood-Smith, Gatineau, CA;
Mehdi Arashmid Akhavain Mohammadi, Ottawa, CA;
Yapeng Wu, Nepean, CA;
Xingjun Chu, Ottawa, CA;
Guoli Yin, Ottawa, CA;
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
A service chaining method comprising receiving a source routed data packet, wherein the source routed data packet comprises a destination address and identifies a plurality of next-hops along a service chain path, identifying a next-hop for the source routed data packet using the plurality of next-hops, determining whether the next-hop is source routing capable, setting the destination address of the source routed data packet in accordance with the determination, wherein the destination address is set to the next-hop when the next-hop is source routing capable, and wherein the destination address is set to a next downstream network node that is source routing capable when the next-hop is not source routing capable, and forwarding the source routed data packet to the next-hop.