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

Claim 9:
10. A router, comprising:
a communication interface for receiving an echo request packet containing a label stack;
a memory; and
a processor in communication with the communication interface and the memory, the processor being configured to:
determine from the label stack that forwarding to a downstream router is to be based on a binding segment identifier;
identify a plurality of segments included in a binding segment associated with the binding segment identifier; and
cause, using the communication interface, the transmission of 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.