Self-Driving Packets with Conditional Commands
AssigneeFuturewei Technologies, Inc.
InventorsRenwei Li, Alexander Clemm, Uma S. Chunduri, Kiran Makhijani
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Abstract
A mechanism is disclosed for implementing conditional commands carried by network data packets. A data flow including a data packet is received. The data packet includes a conditional command. A condition and a command are obtained from the conditional command. The mechanism determines that the condition is satisfied. Based on the determination that the condition is satisfied, the command is executed to alter handling of the data flow, alter handling of the data packet, or alter a context for the data flow.
Claims20
A network device comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive a data flow including a data packet, the data packet including a conditional command;
- and
- a processor coupled to the receiver, the processor configured to:
- obtain a condition and a command from the conditional command;
- determine that the condition is satisfied;
- and
- based on the determination that the condition is satisfied, execute the command to alter handling of the data flow, alter handling of the data packet, or alter a flow context for the data flow.
A method comprising:
- receiving, at a receiver in a network device, a data flow including a data packet, the data packet including a conditional command;
- obtaining, by a processor in the network device, a condition and a command from the conditional command;
- determining, by the processor, that the condition is satisfied;
- and
- based on the determination that the condition is satisfied, executing, by the processor, the command to alter handling of the data flow, alter handling of the data packet, or alter a flow context for the data flow.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising a computer program product for use by a network device, the computer program product comprising computer executable instructions stored on the non-transitory computer readable medium such that when executed by a processor cause the network device to:
- receive a data flow including a data packet, the data packet including a conditional command;
- obtain a condition and a command from the conditional command;
- determine that the condition is satisfied;
- and
- based on the determination that the condition is satisfied, execute the command to alter handling of the data flow, alter handling of the data packet, or alter a flow context for the data flow.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.