CPC H04L 45/34 (2013.01) [H04L 45/04 (2013.01); H04L 69/22 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |
1. A node disposed in a first domain of a multi-domain network, the node comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving an Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) packet having an IPv6 header populated with at least:
a first segment identifier (SID)-block associated with a first domain of the multi-domain network; and
an SID corresponding to a second node located in a second domain of the multi-domain network,
swapping the first SID-block with a second SID-block associated with the second domain of the multi-domain network such the IPv6 header is populated with at least:
the second SID-block assigned to the second domain; and
the SID corresponding to the second node,
wherein the swapping the first SID-block with the second SID-block includes replacing the first SID-block with the second SID-block; and
sending the IPv6 packet having the IPv6 header including the second SID-block to the second node in the second domain.
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