Patent ID: 8498296

Claim:
A non-transitory computer readable medium to store instructions, the instructions including: one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors included in a network device, cause the one or more processors to receive data packet, the data packet including: a label-switched-path (LSP) value, and an experimental (EXP) value; one or more instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to map, based on the LSP value, the data packet to an input queue, the input queue being selected, based on the LSP value, from a plurality of input queues associated with the network device; one or more instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to map, based on the EXP value and the input queue, the data packet to an output queue, the output queue being selected, based on the EXP value, from a plurality of output queues associated with the network device; and one or more instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to transmit the data packet from the output queue toward a destination.