公开(公告)号：US20170366456A1

公开(公告)日：2017-12-21

申请号：US15188810

申请日：2016-06-21

Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Inventor： Sashank Venkata Krishna Dara ,  Shwetha Subray Bhandari ,  Frank Brockners

IPC: H04L ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L12/733

CPC classification number: H04L45/741 ,  H04L45/02 ,  H04L45/04 ,  H04L45/20 ,  H04L45/26 ,  H04L45/34 ,  H04L45/42 ,  H04L69/22

Abstract: Aspects of the embodiments are directed to systems, apparatuses and methods performed at a network element. Embodiments include receiving a packet; identifying a hop number for the network element; identifying a unique identifier for the network element; determining a path identifier based on the hop number and the unique identifier; augmenting the packet metadata with the path identifier; and transmitting the packet to a next network element.

公开(公告)号：US10742551B2

公开(公告)日：2020-08-11

申请号：US15188810

申请日：2016-06-21

Applicant: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.

Inventor： Sashank Venkata Krishna Dara ,  Shwetha Subray Bhandari ,  Frank Brockners

IPC: H04L12/733 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L12/749 ,  H04L12/721 ,  H04L12/715 ,  H04L12/751 ,  H04L12/717

Abstract: Aspects of the embodiments are directed to systems, apparatuses and methods performed at a network element. Embodiments include receiving a packet; identifying a hop number for the network element; identifying a unique identifier for the network element; determining a path identifier based on the hop number and the unique identifier; augmenting the packet metadata with the path identifier; and transmitting the packet to a next network element.