Patent ID: 11968119
Assignee: CIENA CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A method implemented by a node in a Segment Routing Internet Protocol version 6 (SRv6) network, the method comprising steps of:
for a packet destined to a Service Function Chain (SFC), encoding one or more micro-Segment Identifiers (uSIDs) for the SFC, wherein at least one uSID of the one or more uSIDs includes an Endpoint Behavior field, and wherein the at least one uSID includes one of (1) a Number of Arguments field that specifies a number of one or more Arguments and (2) the number of the one or more Arguments being embedded in the Endpoint Behavior field,
responsive to the at least one uSID needing one or more Arguments, including the one or more Arguments after the Endpoint Behavior field; and
transmitting the packet towards the SFC.