System and method for managing chained services in a network environment

HGP Bosch, J Napper, SM Kumar, A Duminuco… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
An example method is provided in one example embodiment and may include configuring a
measurement indication for a packet; forwarding the packet through a service chain …

Methods of forwarding data packets using transient tables and related load balancers

JS Ganesh, M Arisoylu, P Anand… - US Patent 9,621,642, 2017 - Google Patents
Methods may be provided to forward data packets to a plurality of servers with each server
being identified by a respective server identification (ID). A non-initial data packet of a data …

System and method for hosting mobile packet core and value-added services using a software defined network and service chains

HGP Bosch, J Napper, A Duminuco… - US Patent …, 2021 - Google Patents
An example method is provided in one example embodiment and may include receiving
traffic associated with at least one of a mobile network and a Gi-Local Area Network (Gi …

Distributed load balancer

N Ahmad, AG Greenberg, P Lahiri, D Maltz… - US Patent App. 12 …, 2010 - Google Patents
Systems and methods that distribute load balancing function Correspondence Address:
alities in a data center. A network of demultiplexers and load LEE & HAYES, PLLC balancer …

Cloud overlay for operations administration and management

NK Nainar, CM Pignataro, D Kumar - US Patent 10,320,664, 2019 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for facilitating the
implementation of an operations, administration, and management (OAM) protocol in a …

Methods of load balancing using primary and stand-by addresses and related load balancers and servers

P Anand, M Arisoylu, JS Ganesh… - US Patent 9,137,165, 2015 - Google Patents
H04L 12/803(2013.01)(57) ABSTRACT H04L 29/08(2006.01) A first data packet of a data
flow may be addressed to a HO4L 12/819(2013.01) primary address and include information …

Uncovering the differences in backbone networks

M Zhang, R Mahajan - US Patent 7,817,547, 2010 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND Performance of distributed applications can depend heavily on the behavior
of underlying networks. Neverthe-15 less, the problem of understanding how well various …

System and method to facilitate the assignment of service functions for service chains in a network environment

RM Batz, IMD Campbell, HGP Bosch - US Patent 9,762,402, 2017 - Google Patents
A method is provided in one example embodiment and may include receiving a first Internet
protocol (IP) flow for an IP session for a subscriber; selecting a first service function group …

System and method for improved service chaining

NK Nainar, CM Pignataro, JN Guichard… - US Patent …, 2019 - Google Patents
(NRSF); receive a duplicate packet of the incoming packet; rewrite a service header of the
duplicate packet to identify a second SFC having a second SPI, wherein the second SPI is …

System and method for automated rendering of service chaining

SM Kumar, J Napper, PP Hiremath, V Saha - US Patent 10,931,793, 2021 - Google Patents
In one embodiment, a method includes creating a catalog of service function (" SF”) profiles,
wherein each of the profiles is associated with an SF and indicates a type of the associ ated …