Method and device for sending data packets over an ip/mpls network
AssigneeOrange
InventorBruno Decraene
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Abstract
A method for sending data packets encapsulated according to the MPLS protocol, and a sending device of an IP/MPLS network configured to implement the method. The sending method includes obtaining an identifier representative of a group of data packets having at least one data packet, inserting the identifier into at least one part of a data field associated with an entropy label of the MPLS protocol of the at least one data packet, and sending the at least one data packet in the IP/MPLS network.
Claims14
A method for sending data packets encapsulated according to the Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) protocol, implemented by a sending device of an Internet Protocol (IP)/MPLS network, the method comprising:
- obtaining an identifier representative of a group of data packets comprising at least one data packet,
- inserting said identifier into at least one part of a data field associated with an entropy label of the MPLS protocol of said at least one data packet, and
- sending said at least one data packet in the IP/MPLS network.
A device for sending data packets transmitted on an Internet Protocol (IP)/Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) network, the device comprising:
- a receiver,
- a transmitter, a processor, and
- a memory coupled to the processor with instructions to be executed by the processor to:
- obtain an identifier representative of a group of data packets comprising at least one data packet,
- insert said identifier into at least one part of a data field associated with an entropy label of the MPLS protocol of said at least one data packet, and
- send said at least one data packet in the IP/MPLS network.
A method for reading an identifier representative of a group of data packets transmitted on an Internet Protocol GPI/Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) network, the method being implemented by a reading device of the IP/MPLS network and comprising:
- receiving at least one part of a data packet belonging to said group of data packets, and
- obtaining said identifier from at least one part of a data field associated with an MPLS entropy label present in said data packet.
A device for reading an identifier representative of a group of data packets transmitted on an Internet Protocol (IP)/Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) network, the device comprising:
- a receiver,
- a processor, and
- a memory coupled to the processor with instructions to be executed by the processor to:
- receive at least one part of a data packet belonging to said group of data packets, and
- obtain said identifier from at least one part of a data field associated with an MPLS entropy label present in said data packet.
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A non-transitory computer readable data medium comprising instructions stored thereon for implementing a method for sending data packets encapsulated according to the Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) protocol, when the instructions are executed by a processor of a sending device of an Internet Protocol (IP)/MPLS network, wherein the instructions configure the sending device to:
- obtain an identifier representative of a group of data packets comprising at least one data packet,
- insert said identifier into at least one part of a data field associated with an entropy label of the MPLS protocol of said at least one data packet, and
- send said at least one data packet in the IP/MPLS network.
A non-transitory computer-readable data medium comprising instructions stored thereon for implementing a method for reading an identifier representative of a group of data packets transmitted on an Internet Protocol (IP)/Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) network, when the instructions are executed by a processor of a reading device of the IP/MPLS network, wherein the instructions configure the reading device to:
- read an identifier representative of a group of data packets transmitted on an Internet Protocol (IP)/Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) network, comprising:
- receive at least one part of a data packet belonging to said group of data packets, and
- obtain said identifier from at least one part of a data field associated with an MPLS entropy label present in said data packet
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.