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

Claim 7:
8. A node, comprising:
one or more memories; and
one or more processors, to:
receive an internet protocol (IP) payload packet that has been encapsulated using an IPv6 transport header that has been extended with a compressed routing header (CRH),
wherein the CRH includes a list of segment identifiers (SIDs) that identify a set of nodes that the IP payload packet is to traverse while being routed through a network,
wherein the list of SIDs have variable lengths of eight bits to sixty-four bits, and
wherein the node is configured with a segment translation table that includes one or more strictly routed segments or one or more loosely routed segments;

determine, by the node and using the CRH, that the IP payload packet is not malformed;
determine, based on the IP payload packet not being malformed, a next segment for the IP payload packet by referencing the segment translation table;
update a destination IP address to a particular destination IP address of a next-hop node;
update a remaining segments value, that is included in the CRH, that identifies a number of segments remaining in a route of the IP payload packet; and, provide the IP payload packet to the next-hop node to allow the next-hop node to route the IP payload packet to another node in the network or to a destination device.