Patent ID: 8345700
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a network device, a packet; determining, by the network device, whether the packet is an ingress packet or an egress packet for a multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) label-switched path (LSP); determining, by the network device, a first MPLS label for the packet when the packet is the ingress packet; inserting, by the network device and when the packet is the ingress packet, a first portion of the first MPLS label into a source internet protocol (IP) address field of a header of the packet and a second portion of the first MPLS label into a destination IP address field of the header of the packet; removing, by the network device and when the packet is the egress packet, a second MPLS label from one or more of: outputting the packet.