Service chain integration with a wireless local area network (wlan)
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsSrinath GUNDAVELLI, Abhishek DHAMMAWAT, Shree Narasimha MURTHY, Arun G. KHANNA
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Abstract
Service chain integration with a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) may be provided. A computing device may send metadata from a wireless network to a Service Function (SF) selected from one of a plurality of SFs. Then the computing device may receive a control trigger from the SF in response to the metadata. The computing device may then perform a service action on the wireless network in response to the control trigger.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- enabling steering, by a Wireless Local Area Network (LAN) Controller (WLC), metadata from a wireless network to a Service Function (SF) a plurality of SFs of a service chain, wherein enabling steering of the metadata comprises:
- enabling steering of the metadata a session to the SF for a predetermined interval, and
- removing steering of the metadata of the session to the SF after the predetermined interval;
- receiving, by the WLC, a control trigger from the SF in response to the metadata;
- and
- performing, by the WLC, a service action on the wireless network in response to the control trigger.
A system comprising:
- a memory storage;
- and
- a processing unit coupled to the memory storage, wherein the processing unit is operative to:
- enable steering of metadata from a wireless network to a Service Function (SF) a plurality of SFs of a service chain, wherein the processing unit being operative to enable steering of the metadata comprises wherein the processing unit being operative to:
- enable steering of the metadata a session to the SF for a predetermined interval, and
- remove steering of the metadata of the session to the SF after the predetermined interval;
- receive by the WLC, a control trigger from the SF in response to the metadata;
- and
- perform a service action on the wireless network in response to the control trigger.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores a set of instructions which when executed perform a method executed by the set of instructions comprising:
- enable steering, by a Wireless Local Area Network (LAN) Controller (WLC), metadata from a wireless network to a Service Function (SF) a plurality of SFs of a service chain, wherein enabling steering of the metadata comprises:
- enabling steering of the metadata a session to the SF for a predetermined interval, and
- removing steering of the metadata of the session to the SF after the predetermined interval;
- receiving, by the WLC, a control trigger from the SF in response to the metadata;
- and
- performing, by the WLC, a service action on the wireless network in response to the control trigger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.