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Expanded quality of service processing of multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) packets

US9300584B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Clarence Filsfils · Brussels, BE
John H. W. Bettink · San Jose, US
David J. Smith · Columbia, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 27, 2012
Grant date	Mar 29, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 30, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L45/50
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, a packet switching device provides more than eight behavior aggregates of Quality of Service (QoS) processing based on a service type of a received Multiprotocol Label Switched (MPLS) packet and on a Traffic Class (TC) value extracted from a label of the MPLS packet. The service type is typically determined based on a forwarding equivalence class (FEC) associated with the MPLS packet. This service type may identify a service provided by a service provider and/or the type of packet traffic.

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