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Location Awareness to Packet Flows using Network Service Headers

  • US 20170048815A1
  • Filed: 08/12/2015
  • Published: 02/16/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2015
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving at a classifier network device in a service function chain, a data packet from a first computing device;

    generating an encapsulated packet for the service function chain by encapsulating the data packet with a network service header, the network service header including at least one metadata header;

    determining a location of the first computing device; and

    writing location information in the metadata header, the location information corresponding to the location of the first computing device.

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