Patent ID: 11882029
Assignee: JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 5:
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving another packet destined for the destination network device;
determining, based on the other packet, the label associated with the LSP from the ingress network device to the egress network device;
determining, based on the other packet, that the other packet is to not be encrypted;
generating, based on determining that the other packet is to not be encrypted, another MPLS packet comprising:
another MPLS header that includes the label,
wherein the other MPLS header does not include another secure function indicator, and

another MPLS payload that includes the other packet; and

forwarding, based on the label, the other MPLS packet.