Multiple label based processing of frames

Logic embodied in a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising code that when executed by a processor is configured to:

• establish a connection between a first node and a network comprising a plurality of nodes supporting a plurality of services, each service supported by at least one node of the plurality of nodes;
• receive at the first node a frame from a second node of the plurality of nodes, the frame comprising at least two labels attached to the frame by the second node;
• extract at the first node a first label value from a first label of the frame;
• determine at the first node that the frame was sent by the second node of the plurality of nodes based on the extracted first label value from the first label;
• extract at the first node a second label value from a second label of the frame;
• determine at the first node that the frame is associated with a first service of the plurality of services based on the extracted second label value from the second label;
• and
• process the frame at the first node based on both the determination that the frame was sent by the second node and the determination that the frame is associated with the first service.

An apparatus comprising:

• an interface configured to:
• establish a connection between a first node and a network comprising a plurality of nodes supporting a plurality of services, each service supported by at least one node of the plurality of nodes;
• and
• receive at the first node a frame from a second node of the plurality of nodes, the frame comprising at least two labels attached to the frame by the second node;
• and
• a processor coupled to the interface and configured to:
• extract at the first node a first label value from a first label of the frame;
• determine at the first node that the frame was sent by the second node of the plurality of nodes based on the extracted first label value from the first label;
• extract at the first node a second label value from a second label of the frame;
• determine at the first node that the frame is associated with a first service of the plurality of services based on the extracted second label value from the second label;
• and
• process the frame at the first node based on both the determination that the frame was sent by the second node and the determination that the frame is associated with the first service.