Cisco technology, inc. (20250097148). SERVICE ROUTING USING IP ENCAPSULATION
SERVICE ROUTING USING IP ENCAPSULATION
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Darren Russell Dukes of Ottawa CA
SERVICE ROUTING USING IP ENCAPSULATION
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250097148 titled 'SERVICE ROUTING USING IP ENCAPSULATION
Original Abstract Submitted
described herein are techniques directed to utilizing ip encapsulation to route data packets to different instances of a service in a network. in one aspect, a method includes generating a first request, which includes a first data packet and a first ip encapsulation; transmitting the first request to a service aware router, wherein the service aware router generates a second request that includes the first data packet and a second ip encapsulation, and transmits the service request to the instance of the service; receiving, from the service instance, a response including a second data packet and a third ip encapsulation, which includes an identifier of the service instance of the service; and recording the identifier of the service instance, wherein subsequent requests for applying the service to data packets originating at the device are directly transmitted by the device to the service instance.