Systems and methods for software defined networking service function chaining

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11444868
APP PUB NO 20200220807A1
SERIAL NO

16819346

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Systems and methods are disclosed for steering packet traffic through an online network. One method includes receiving, at a switch of a network, a packet of data; classifying, by the switch, the packet to a service function chain based on fields of a packet header of the packet, the service function chain including a set of service functions to be performed on the packet; setting, by the switch, fields of the packet header to identify the service function chain classified; and transmitting, by the switch over the network, the packet to a service function device that performs a service function on the packet, the service function being in the set of service functions.

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  • VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING, INC.

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Biancaniello, Michael P Haymarket, US 6 119

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