公开(公告)号：US20180375763A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-27

申请号：US15783753

申请日：2017-10-13

Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Patrice Brissette ,  Clarence Filsfils ,  Darren Dukes ,  Gaurav Dawra ,  Francois Clad ,  Pablo Camarillo Garvia

IPC: H04L12/741 ,  H04L12/46

Abstract: In one embodiment, Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) is implemented using Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Segment Routing (SRv6) underlay network and SRv6-enhanced Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) signaling. A particular route associated with a particular Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Segment Routing (SRv6) Segment Identifier (SID) is advertised in a particular route advertisement message of a routing protocol (e.g., BGP). The SID includes a locator of a particular router and a function encoding representing a particular EVPN end function of the particular router, with the particular SID including a routable prefix to the particular router. The particular router receives a particular packet including the particular SID; and in response, the particular router performs the particular EVPN end function on the particular packet. In one embodiment, the particular packet includes a Segment Routing Header (SRH) including the particular SID as the currently active SID.

公开(公告)号：US12160365B2

公开(公告)日：2024-12-03

申请号：US17741241

申请日：2022-05-10

Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Clarence Filsfils ,  Zafar Ali ,  Francois Clad ,  Bertrand Herbert Guy Duvivier ,  Mikhail Koldychev ,  Rakesh Gandhi ,  Sagar Soni

IPC: H04L45/42 ,  H04L45/00 ,  H04L45/28 ,  H04L45/74

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media to implement circuit-style network with co-routed bidirectional network paths. A method includes receiving a request for a circuit policy between a source node and a destination node, the circuit policy defining a co-routed bidirectional policy between the source node and the destination node; requesting a path compute service to identify a path between the source node and the destination node that satisfies the circuit policy through a first network; receiving a path identifying a first set of network nodes that satisfy the circuit policy; configuring each node in the first set of network nodes within the first network with the circuit policy; and establishing a connection using the path that satisfies the circuit policy between the source node and the destination node.

公开(公告)号：US12088483B2

公开(公告)日：2024-09-10

申请号：US18207568

申请日：2023-06-08

Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Clarence Filsfils ,  Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed Abdelsalam ,  Rakesh Gandhi ,  Pablo Camarillo Garvia ,  Francois Clad

IPC: H04L43/106 ,  H04L41/12 ,  H04L43/0805 ,  H04L43/0852 ,  H04L43/12 ,  H04L45/12 ,  H04L45/42 ,  H04L45/741

CPC classification number: H04L43/0805 ,  H04L41/12 ,  H04L43/0852 ,  H04L43/106 ,  H04L43/12 ,  H04L45/123 ,  H04L45/42 ,  H04L45/741

Abstract: Techniques for optimizing technologies related to network path tracing and network delay measurements are described herein. Some of the techniques may include using an IPv6 header option and/or segment identifier field of a segment list or a TLV of a segment routing header as a telemetry data carrier. The techniques may also include using an SRv6 micro-segment (uSID) instruction to indicate to a node of a network that the node is to perform one or more path tracing actions and encapsulating the packet and forward. Additionally, the techniques may include using short interface identifiers corresponding to node interfaces to trace a packet path through a network. Further, the techniques may include using short timestamps to determine delay measurements associated with sending a packet through a network. In various examples, the techniques described above and herein may be used with each other to optimize network path tracing and delay measurement techniques.

公开(公告)号：US20240098161A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-21

申请号：US18360783

申请日：2023-07-27

Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Patrice Brissette ,  Clarence Filsfils ,  Darren Dukes ,  Gaurav Dawra ,  Francois Clad ,  Pablo Camarillo Garvia

IPC: H04L69/22 ,  H04L12/46 ,  H04L45/00 ,  H04L45/02 ,  H04L45/50 ,  H04L45/74 ,  H04L45/741 ,  H04L49/35 ,  H04L61/5007 ,  H04L67/10 ,  H04L67/63 ,  H04L69/324

CPC classification number: H04L69/22 ,  H04L12/4633 ,  H04L12/4641 ,  H04L45/04 ,  H04L45/14 ,  H04L45/34 ,  H04L45/50 ,  H04L45/74 ,  H04L45/741 ,  H04L49/35 ,  H04L61/5007 ,  H04L67/10 ,  H04L67/63 ,  H04L69/324 ,  H04L61/2503

Abstract: In one embodiment, Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) is implemented using Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Segment Routing (SRv6) underlay network and SRv6-enhanced Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) signaling. A particular route associated with a particular Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Segment Routing (SRv6) Segment Identifier (SID) is advertised in a particular route advertisement message of a routing protocol (e.g., BGP). The SID includes encoding representing a particular Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) Layer 2 (L2) flooding Segment Routing end function of the particular router and a particular Ethernet Segment Identifier (ESI), with the particular SID including a routable prefix to the particular router. The particular router receives a particular packet including the particular SID; and in response, the particular router performs the particular EVPN end function on the particular packet.

公开(公告)号：US11722404B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-08

申请号：US17404817

申请日：2021-08-17

Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Clarence Filsfils ,  Francois Clad ,  Zafar Ali ,  Peter Psenak

IPC: H04L12/721 ,  H04L45/00 ,  H04L69/22 ,  H04L45/02

CPC classification number: H04L45/34 ,  H04L45/04 ,  H04L69/22

Abstract: Techniques and mechanisms for compressing the size of SIDs to be smaller than a complete IPv6 address (or “micro SIDs”), and scaling micro SIDs across a multi-domain environment using micro SID-domain-blocks. Segment routing over IPv6 (SRv6) uses 128-bit IPv6 addresses as SIDs for segment routing. According to this disclosure, multiple SRv6 SIDs may be expressed in a compact format such that a 128-bit IPv6 address, such as the destination address field of the IPv6 header, may store multiple micro SIDs. Further, SID-domain-blocks may be assigned to each domain in a multi-domain network such that micro SIDs may be expressed in the context of a given domain, rather than being shared in the global multi-domain network. In this way, lists of domain-specific SIDs may be fully expressed in the IPv6 destination address of the packet to scale micro SID into large, multi-domain networks.

公开(公告)号：US11716268B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-01

申请号：US17344443

申请日：2021-06-10

Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Clarence Filsfils ,  Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed Abdelsalam ,  Rakesh Gandhi ,  Pablo Camarillo Garvia ,  Francois Clad

IPC: H04L43/0852 ,  H04L43/106 ,  H04L43/0805 ,  H04L41/12 ,  H04L43/12 ,  H04L45/12 ,  H04L45/42 ,  H04L45/741

CPC classification number: H04L43/0805 ,  H04L41/12 ,  H04L43/0852 ,  H04L43/106 ,  H04L43/12 ,  H04L45/123 ,  H04L45/42 ,  H04L45/741

Abstract: Techniques for optimizing technologies related to network path tracing and network delay measurements are described herein. Some of the techniques may include using an IPv6 header option and/or segment identifier field of a segment list or a TLV of a segment routing header as a telemetry data carrier. The techniques may also include using an SRv6 micro-segment (uSID) instruction to indicate to a node of a network that the node is to perform one or more path tracing actions and encapsulating the packet and forward. Additionally, the techniques may include using short interface identifiers corresponding to node interfaces to trace a packet path through a network. Further, the techniques may include using short timestamps to determine delay measurements associated with sending a packet through a network. In various examples, the techniques described above and herein may be used with each other to optimize network path tracing and delay measurement techniques.

公开(公告)号：US20230021278A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-19

申请号：US17741241

申请日：2022-05-10

Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Clarence Filsfils ,  Zafar Ali ,  Francois Clad ,  Bertrand Herbert Guy Duvivier ,  Mikhail Koldychev ,  Rakesh Gandhi ,  Sagar Soni

IPC: H04L45/42 ,  H04L45/00 ,  H04L45/74 ,  H04L45/28

Abstract: Disclosed are systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media to implement circuit-style network with co-routed bidirectional network paths. A method includes receiving a request for a circuit policy between a source node and a destination node, the circuit policy defining a co-routed bidirectional policy between the source node and the destination node; requesting a path compute service to identify a path between the source node and the destination node that satisfies the circuit policy through a first network; receiving a path identifying a first set of network nodes that satisfy the circuit policy; configuring each node in the first set of network nodes within the first network with the circuit policy; and establishing a connection using the path that satisfies the circuit policy between the source node and the destination node.

公开(公告)号：US20220173992A1

公开(公告)日：2022-06-02

申请号：US17344443

申请日：2021-06-10

Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Clarence Filsfils ,  Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed Abdelsalam ,  Rakesh Gandhi ,  Pablo Camarillo Garvia ,  Francois Clad

IPC: H04L12/26 ,  H04L12/24

Abstract: Techniques for optimizing technologies related to network path tracing and network delay measurements are described herein. Some of the techniques may include using an IPv6 header option and/or segment identifier field of a segment list or a TLV of a segment routing header as a telemetry data carrier. The techniques may also include using an SRv6 micro-segment (uSID) instruction to indicate to a node of a network that the node is to perform one or more path tracing actions and encapsulating the packet and forward. Additionally, the techniques may include using short interface identifiers corresponding to node interfaces to trace a packet path through a network. Further, the techniques may include using short timestamps to determine delay measurements associated with sending a packet through a network. In various examples, the techniques described above and herein may be used with each other to optimize network path tracing and delay measurement techniques.

公开(公告)号：US11240150B2

公开(公告)日：2022-02-01

申请号：US16781838

申请日：2020-02-04

Applicant: Cisco Technology Inc.

Inventor： Francois Clad ,  Pablo Camarillo Garvia ,  Clarence Filsfils

IPC: H04L12/18 ,  H04L12/723 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L12/741 ,  G06F21/60

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method by an apparatus of a segment routing (SR) network includes receiving a data packet and accessing an attestation token for the apparatus. The method further includes determining a location within a header of the received data packet for the attestation token and creating an updated header by encoding the attestation token in the determined location of the header. The method further includes sending the updated header with the encoded attestation token to another apparatus of the SR network.

公开(公告)号：US20210243116A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-05

申请号：US16860896

申请日：2020-04-28

Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.

Inventor： Clarence Filsfils ,  Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed Abdelsalam ,  Francois Clad ,  Pablo Camarillo Garvia ,  Kiran Sasidharan Pillai

IPC: H04L12/723 ,  H04L12/46 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L12/703 ,  H04L12/741

Abstract: The present technology pertains to a group-based network policy using Segment Routing over an IPv6 dataplane (SRv6). After a source application sends a packet, an ingress node can receive the packet, and if the source node is capable, it can identify an application policy and apply it. The ingress node indicates that the policy has been applied by including policy bits in the packet encapsulation. When the packet is received by the egress node, it can determine whether the policy was already applied, and if so, the packet is forward to the destination application. If the egress node determines that the policy has not be applied the destination application can apply the policy. Both the ingress node and egress nodes can learn of source application groups, destination application groups, and applicable policies through communication with aspects of the segment routing fabric.