Patent ID: 11902153
Assignee: JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 5:
6. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the next segment for the IP payload packet comprises:
identifying a SID, of the list of SIDs included in the CRH, that is associated with the node, and
determining the next segment by using the SID to reference the segment translation table that maps the SID to:
a global IP address of the next-hop node, and
a link-local IPv6 address that identifies an interface of the next-hop node; and wherein updating the destination IP address comprises:
updating the destination IP address with the global IP address of the node or the link-local IPv6 address of the next-hop node based on whether the next segment is a final segment.