Patent ID: 11968108
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer program instructions stored thereon, the computer program instructions, when executed by a processor in a router, enables the router to perform a method, the method comprising:
receiving an echo request packet containing a label stack;
determining from the label stack that forwarding to a downstream router is to be based on a binding segment identifier;
identifying a plurality of segments included in a binding segment associated with the binding segment identifier; and
transmitting an echo reply packet to a router originating the echo request packet, the echo reply packet containing information indicating a presence of the binding segment identifier in the label stack and indicating a segment identifier associated with each of the plurality of segments.