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Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018

Filed:

Jul. 20, 2015
Applicant:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Reinaldo Penno, San Ramon, CA (US);

Paul Quinn, Wellesley, MA (US);

Carlos M. Pignataro, Raleigh, NC (US);

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 43/10 (2013.01); H04L 29/12216 (2013.01); H04L 43/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a trace request packet at a service node in a service chain, the trace request packet comprising a service path identifier, a service index, and a service index limit, processing the trace request packet at the service node, generating a trace report packet at the service node, the trace report packet comprising service function information for the service node, and transmitting the trace report packet. An apparatus and logic are also disclosed herein.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Penno, Reinaldo. (2018). Method and apparatus for tracing paths in service function chains (U.S. Patent No. 9912566). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9912566

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