US 11,881,934 B2
Systems and methods for determining a network path trace
Jianda Liu, Shanghai (CN); Xiaorong Wang, Shanghai (CN); Shen Yong Qing, Shanghai (CN); Olivier Patrick Jean Pelerin, Holsbeek (BE); Frederic René Philippe Detienne, Harze (BE); Pritam Baruah, Fremont, CA (US); and Ruchir Jain, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/051,298.
Application 18/051,298 is a continuation of application No. 16/988,920, filed on Aug. 10, 2020, granted, now 11,516,104.
Prior Publication US 2023/0112928 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 43/10 (2022.01); H04L 43/062 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 43/10 (2013.01) [H04L 43/062 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A network element, comprising:
one or more processors; and
one or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media coupled to the one or more processors and comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the network element to perform operations comprising:
allocating a trace identification to a network path trace;
binding the trace identification to a filter policy;
initiating the network path trace within a network by communicating the filter policy and the trace identification to a first node of the network;
receiving network path trace data from a plurality of nodes of the network, wherein:
the plurality of nodes of the network comprises the first node; and
the network path trace data comprises one or more flow identifications; and
generating a trace report for the application using the network path trace data.