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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2014
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sasha Cirkovic, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sunesh Rustagi, San Jose, CA (US);
Sudhin Jacob, Bangalore, IN;
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
In some examples, a router comprising a control unit comprising a processor, the control unit configured to receive configuration data defining a measurement endpoint for measuring performance of a layer 3 (L3) service and associating the measurement endpoint with a remote measurement endpoint of a remote router. The control unit is further configured to encapsulate, to generate a flow measurement packet, a layer 2 (L2) measurement packet in a layer 4 (L4) header and an L3 header that identify a measurement flow. The control unit is further configured to output the flow measurement packet to the remote router.