Techniques for implementing loose hop service function chains price information
US10333822B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 23, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jun 25, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 23, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/22
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method is described and in one embodiment includes receiving at a forwarding node of a Service Function Chain (“SFC”)-enabled network a packet having a packet header including at least one context header comprising metadata information for the packet, wherein the metadata information comprises price information indicative of a value of a traffic flow of which the packet comprises a part; identifying based on the metadata information and at least one of network state and environmental information a Virtual Network Function (“vNF”) to which to forward the packet for processing; and forwarding the packet to the identified vNF for processing.
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