Cisco technology, inc. (20240414245). SUSTAINABILITY-BASED SERVICE FUNCTION CHAIN BRANCHING
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SUSTAINABILITY-BASED SERVICE FUNCTION CHAIN BRANCHING
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Carlos M. Pignataro of Cary NC (US)
Nagendra Kumar Nainar of Morrisville NC (US)
SUSTAINABILITY-BASED SERVICE FUNCTION CHAIN BRANCHING
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20240414245 titled 'SUSTAINABILITY-BASED SERVICE FUNCTION CHAIN BRANCHING
Original Abstract Submitted
techniques to add environmental-impact and energy sustainability criteria and support to service function chains (sfcs). these techniques enabling steering of network traffic that carries energy sustainability related metadata within in an sfc based on energy sustainability or “green criteria.” this allows for achieving, for example, so-called “green operations, administration and maintenance (oam)”, whether realized with network service header (nsh), segment routing, multi-protocol label switching (mpls), etc. in other words, these techniques enhance service functions (sfs) and sfcs to allow for finding an energy sustainable or green path in an sfc, and to allow for conveying environmental information as in-line metadata.
