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

Claim 6:
7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving another MPLS packet that includes another MPLS header, another secure MPLS data header, and another MPLS payload;
processing the other MPLS header to determine a first other label associated with another LSP and another secure function indicator;
determining, based on the other secure function indicator, that the ingress network device is to not decrypt the other MPLS payload of the other MPLS packet;
generating, based on determining that the ingress network device is to not decrypt the other MPLS payload of the other MPLS packet, a second other label associated with the other LSP;
updating the other MPLS header of the other MPLS packet to include the second other label, and not the first other label; and
forwarding, based on the second other label, the other MPLS packet.