US 11,689,427 B2
Segment routing over label distribution protocol
Ahmed R. Bashandy, Milpitas, CA (US); Clarence Filsfils, Brussels (BE); and David D. Ward, Los Gatos, CA (US)
Assigned to CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/673,182.
Application 17/673,182 is a continuation of application No. 16/997,129, filed on Aug. 19, 2020, granted, now 11,290,340.
Application 16/997,129 is a continuation of application No. 16/367,869, filed on Mar. 28, 2019, granted, now 10,764,146, issued on Sep. 1, 2020.
Application 16/367,869 is a continuation of application No. 15/388,938, filed on Dec. 22, 2016, granted, now 10,270,664, issued on Apr. 23, 2019.
Application 15/388,938 is a continuation of application No. 14/096,358, filed on Dec. 4, 2013, granted, now 9,537,718, issued on Jan. 3, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/791,242, filed on Mar. 15, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2022/0173976 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 41/12 (2022.01); H04L 45/00 (2022.01); H04L 45/12 (2022.01); H04L 45/50 (2022.01); H04L 45/745 (2022.01); H04L 45/74 (2022.01); H04L 45/02 (2022.01); H04L 49/60 (2022.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 47/724 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/12 (2013.01) [H04L 12/4633 (2013.01); H04L 45/04 (2013.01); H04L 45/12 (2013.01); H04L 45/46 (2013.01); H04L 45/50 (2013.01); H04L 45/507 (2013.01); H04L 45/54 (2013.01); H04L 45/74 (2013.01); H04L 45/745 (2013.01); H04L 47/724 (2013.01); H04L 49/608 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
a node determining services that can be provided by the node;
creating one or more service segment identifiers (IDs) that are mapped to respective services that can be provided by the node;
generating advertisements containing at least one segment identifier (ID) associated with the node and the one or more service segment IDs associated with the respective services that can be provided by the node; and
sending the advertisements into a network.