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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2015
Applicant:
Alcatel-lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Inventors:
Fang Hao, Morganville, NJ (US);
Tirunellai V. Lakshman, Morganville, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/927 (2013.01); H04L 12/721 (2013.01); H04L 12/741 (2013.01); H04L 12/723 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/80 (2013.01); H04L 45/38 (2013.01); H04L 45/74 (2013.01); H04L 45/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method for processing data packets by a first-hop switch in a data network, including: receiving a first data packet associated with a flow; determining whether the flow associated with the first data packet is found in a flow table in the first-hop switch; modifying the first data packet by replacing a packet header field with flow definition information; and transmitting the modified first data packet based upon the flow definition information.