Patent ID: 10419334

Abstract:
In various embodiments, an apparatus, a non-transitory computer-readable media, and a method are provided, involving a capability to: based on a first outside-scope identifier included in a header of a first packet that is specified according to an Internet Protocol version 6 (-Pv6) network protocol and via a first network interface of the current node that is in a network path segment that includes a previous node and the current node, receive an indication of a receipt, from the previous node that is in a first region of the network, of the first packet, the first outside-scope identifier identifying, in the first region, a second region communicatively coupled to the previous node via the first network interface of the current node, where the header does not include a network interface identifier portion for the first outside-scope identifier for identifying the first network interface; identify, from the header of the first packet, a first operation identifier based on an association between the first operation identifier and the first outside-scope identifier; execute an instruction to perform a first operation identified by the first operation identifier; and identify, from the header of the first packet, a next identifier that is included after the first outside-scope identifier in a sequence of identifiers in the header where the identifiers in the sequence are from an address space of the IPv6 network protocol.