Application identifier in service function chain metadata
US10116553B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 15, 2015 |
| Grant date | Oct 30, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 19, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L45/306
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
This disclosure pertains to augmenting metadata of a packet destined for service function chaining with application identifier information. The application identifier information can be added to the metadata of a packet service header (or, more specifically, a network service header). The packet can be exported to a statistics collector that can correlate statistical information about the application with statistical information about service functions applied to the packet, as well as other statistical information.
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