公开(公告)号：US20170324714A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-09

申请号：US15146695

申请日：2016-05-04

Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Inventor： Warren Scott Wainner ,  Brian E. Weis ,  Paul Quinn ,  Scott Roy Fluhrer

IPC: H04L29/06

CPC classification number: H04L63/0272 ,  H04L63/0892 ,  H04L63/104

Abstract: A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving at a node of a transitive IP network a data packet including a Network Services Header (“NSH”); accessing by the transitive IP network node context contained in the NSH, wherein the context may be used by the transitive IP network node to perform an enhanced network service in connection with the received data packet; performing by the transitive IP network node the enhanced network service in connection with the received data packet using the accessed context; and, subsequent to the performing, forwarding the received packet to a next node.