Routing method and apparatus for providing different path by service
AssigneeElectronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
InventorsSeung Hyun YOON, Hyung Seok CHUNG, Sun Me KIM, Byung Jun AHN, You Hyeon JEONG
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Abstract
Disclosed is a routing method and apparatus for providing a different path by service. The routing method includes determining a service identification (ID) indicating a service requested by a packet by using a header in the packet; and searching for a service forwarding table corresponding to the service ID from a plurality of service forwarding tables storing different next hops by service and determining the packet's next hop.
Claims9
A routing apparatus for providing a different path by service, the routing apparatus comprising:
- a service identification module determining a service identification (ID) indicating a service requested by a packet by using a header in the packet;
- a plurality of service forwarding tables storing a different next hop by service;
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- a hop search module searching for a service forwarding table corresponding to the service ID from the plurality of service forwarding tables and determining the packet's next hop.
A routing method for providing a different path by service, the routing method comprising:
- determining a service identification (ID) indicating a service requested by a packet by using a header in the packet;
- and
- searching for a service forwarding table corresponding to the service ID from a plurality of service forwarding tables storing different next hops by service, and determining the packet's next hop.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.