CPC H04L 43/0805 (2013.01) [H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 43/0852 (2013.01); H04L 43/106 (2013.01); H04L 43/12 (2013.01); H04L 45/123 (2013.01); H04L 45/42 (2013.01); H04L 45/741 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method comprising:
receiving a packet at a first node of a network;
determining, by the first node, that an address field of the packet includes a Segment Routing over Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) data plane (SRv6) micro-segment (uSID) instruction, the SRv6 uSID instruction configured to prompt the first node to perform path tracing actions; and
performing, by the first node, the path tracing actions based at least in part on reading the SRv6 uSID instruction, the path tracing actions including at least:
determining timestamp data indicative of a time at which the packet was received by the first node;
determining an interface identifier associated with an interface of the first node used to receive the packet; and
sending the packet to a controller of the network that is configured to perform an Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) action, the packet including the timestamp data and the interface identifier.
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