Patent ID: 11962496
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. A path computation element (PCE) comprising:
a memory configured to store instructions; and
one or more processors coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions to cause the PCE to:
receive, from a first path computation client (PCC), a first Path Computation Element Communication Protocol (PCEP) message comprising a first Segment Routing over Internet Protocol version 6 (SRv6) capability type-length-value (TLV) indicating that the PCC supports SRv6;
send, to the PCC, a second PCEP message comprising a second SRv6 capability TLV indicating that the PCE supports SRv6; and
send, to the PCC, a third PCEP message comprising an explicit route object (ERO),
wherein the ERO comprises an SRv6-ERO subobject, and
wherein the SRv6-ERO subobject comprises a first SRv6 segment identifier (SID).