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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2014
Applicant:
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventor:
Sam K. Aldrin, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/5038 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method implemented in a network element, the method comprising identifying a first service function (SF) for validation, the first SF being associated with a service function chain (SFC), being applied to a data flow, and operating on a first network node, encoding one or more tests associated with the first SF in an operations, administration, and management (OAM) packet, and transmitting a validation request comprising the OAM packet towards the first SF to request validation of the first SF by execution of the tests.