Patent ID: 7653061
Filing Date: 2010-01-26
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of generating a flow label for an IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6) comprising: forming a flow based on a five tuple at an IPv6 terminal, the five tuple including a source IPv6 address, a destination IPv6 address, a service protocol, a source port and a destination port; selecting one of the source port or destination port to be inserted into a source/destination port field of the flow label; generating the flow label for the IPv6, wherein the generated flow label comprises a service protocol field, a source/destination (SD) field and the source/destination port field; and inserting the generated flow label into a header of an Ipv6 packet based on the formed flow, wherein a value of the source/destination field in the flow label determines whether the source port or destination port is inserted into the source/destination port field of the flow label.