Elastic service chains
US9467382B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 3, 2014 |
| Grant date | Oct 11, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 21, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/20
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Presented herein are elastic service chain techniques. In one example, a network element receives data traffic to be processed by a service chain that specifies an ordered sequence of service pools including a first service pool and second service pool, wherein each service pool comprises a plurality of network services. A network service is determined from the first service pool to be applied to the data traffic, and data traffic is forwarded to the network service in the first service pool.
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