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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2014
Applicant:
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Inventors:
Ying Zhang, Fremont, CA (US);
Joel Halpern, Leesburg, VA (US);
Assignee:
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/801 (2013.01); H04B 1/00 (2006.01); H04B 17/00 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 43/0829 (2013.01); H04B 1/0003 (2013.01); H04B 17/00 (2013.01); H04L 43/062 (2013.01); H04L 43/0835 (2013.01); H04L 43/0858 (2013.01); H04L 47/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is implemented by a computing device to monitor the performance of packet processing in an in-line service chain. The computing device is in communication with a plurality of network devices forming a software defined network (SDN) and the in-line service chain. The SDN includes a controller implemented by the computing device to configure the plurality of network devices. The plurality of devices includes a set of switches monitoring packets traversing the in-line service chain including at least one service.