Service traffic replication and dynamic policy enforcement in a multi-cloud service mesh
US10855577B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 21, 2018 |
| Grant date | Dec 1, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 15, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2012/5625
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In an embodiment, a data processing method comprises receiving, at a BIER replicator node that is programmed to implement Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER) protocol, from a data source, a multicast stream packet identifying a service-level multicast group address; using the BIER replicator node, replicating the multicast stream packet according to BIER protocol and transmitting two or more replicated packet streams to two or more BIER receiver nodes that are programmed to implement BIER; using the two or more BIER receiver nodes, transmitting the two or more replicated packet streams to two or more receivers. Other embodiments may use modified iOAM (In-situ Operations, Administration, and Maintenance) techniques.
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