Devices, systems and methods for service chains
US9584415B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 30, 2015 |
| Grant date | Feb 28, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 16, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L45/745
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Routers using virtual routing and forwarding nodes to implement a service fabric of service chains. The router may configure M+1 virtual routing and forwarding instances, M being an integer representing a number of a plurality of service appliances in a data center network. Each virtual routing and forwarding instance may be associated with a routing table of routing rules to define various service chain routing paths. The routing rules are based on destination addresses in data packets.
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