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System and method for managing chained services in a network environment

  • US 10,361,969 B2
  • Filed: 08/30/2016
  • Issued: 07/23/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • setting, at a classifier node, a measurement indication within a header of a packet, wherein the measurement indication indicates to one or more service functions that the packet is a measurement and data packet;

    forwarding the packet through a service chain comprising the one or more service functions;

    upon determining that the measure indication within the header of the packet is set, recording measurement information for the packet as it is forwarded through the service chain;

    after the packet is forwarded through the service chain, determining by evaluating the packet, that the packet failed to traverse a first service function of the service chain;

    collecting the measurement information for the first service function; and

    managing capacity for the service chain based, at least in part, on the measurement information.

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