Abstract: Techniques for deploying IPv6 routing are disclosed. A system, process, and/or computer program product for deploying IPv6 routing includes advertising in Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) a new address-family capability in combination with an existing address-family in a network that supports a plurality of address families, and undoing BGP filters to allow BGP routes to be exchanged at a time that a network administrator enables the new address-family capability in the network.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a centralized control policy for multicast replicator selection.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a centralized control policy for multicast replicator selection.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a centralized control policy for multicast replicator selection.

Abstract: A method is implemented by a node of a network domain having a plurality of nodes, where the node functions as an ingress node of the network domain for a data flow. The method enables data flow analysis across the network domain. The method includes receiving a data packet belonging to a data flow at an ingress node of the network domain, determining whether the data packet is to be marked for the data flow analysis, determining whether an egress node of the network domain for the data flow supports data packet marking, marking the data packet with a marking label indicating to supporting nodes in the network domain that the data packet is to be processed for data flow analysis, and forwarding the data packet toward the egress node of the network domain.

Abstract: A method is implemented by a node for enabling shortest path bridging in a network that is scalable to support sixteen million virtual local area network (VLAN) identifiers using multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) encapsulation. The method comprises allocating a tunnel label using a distributed tunnel label allocation algorithm, allocating a source label using a distributed source label allocation algorithm, assigning a bridge instance a service label, and distributing the tunnel label, source label and service label to other nodes in the MPLS network.

Abstract: Exemplary methods for performing service chaining include generating a plurality of service chaining (SC) next hops (NHs) by, for each SC NH hop, generating a plurality of SC maps, each SC map identifying a chain of one or more service modules, wherein each service module is to apply a corresponding service on a packet. The methods further include generating a plurality of hosted NHs, each hosted NH including forwarding information that causes the packet to be forwarded to a corresponding service module. The methods further include in response to receiving a first packet, identifying a SC NH of the plurality of SC NHs based on an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the first packet, and forwarding the first packet to a service module based on the identified SC NH.

Abstract: A network device executes a method to forward a packet that is encoded using an explicit list encoding of sparse multicast group membership information with Bit Index Explicit Replication. The method includes receiving a packet that includes a bitstring having a list of Bit Forwarding Router IDs (BFR-ids). The method further includes selecting a BFR-id identifying a destination Bit Forwarding Router (BFR) from the list for processing, looking up a forwarding bitmask for the destination BFR and a next-hop to reach the destination BFR in a bit index forwarding table, creating a copy of the packet, clearing the selected BFR-id from the packet, clearing BFR-ids from the packet and the copy of the packet based on the forwarding bitmask, and forwarding the copy of the packet to the next-hop neighbor.

Abstract: A method in a router for initiating fast flooding based fast convergence to recover from a network failure is disclosed. The method also starts with detecting a network failure. Responsive to the detected network failure, the router floods a layer 2 fast failure notification message out a set of one or more interfaces of the router. The fast failure notification message includes information that identifies the network failure and indicates to a router that receives the fast failure notification message to flood the fast failure notification message out its interfaces that are not blocked by a spanning tree protocol (STP) independently of updating its routing table to reflect the network failure. The method continues with the router updating a routing table to reflect the network failure.

Abstract: A method is implemented by a node of a network domain having a plurality of nodes, where the node functions as an ingress node of the network domain for a data flow. The method enables data flow analysis across the network domain. The method includes receiving a data packet belonging to a data flow at an ingress node of the network domain, determining whether the data packet is to be marked for the data flow analysis, determining whether an egress node of the network domain for the data flow supports data packet marking, marking the data packet with a marking label indicating to supporting nodes in the network domain that the data packet is to be processed for data flow analysis, and forwarding the data packet toward the egress node of the network domain.

Abstract: A method is implemented by a node for enabling shortest path bridging in a network that is scalable to support sixteen million virtual local area network (VLAN) identifiers using multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) encapsulation. The method comprises allocating a tunnel label using a distributed tunnel label allocation algorithm, allocating a source label using a distributed source label allocation algorithm, assigning a bridge instance a service label, and distributing the tunnel label, source label and service label to other nodes in the MPLS network.

Abstract: Exemplary methods for performing service chaining include generating a plurality of service chaining (SC) next hops (NHs) by, for each SC NH hop, generating a plurality of SC maps, each SC map identifying a chain of one or more service modules, wherein each service module is to apply a corresponding service on a packet. The methods further include generating a plurality of hosted NHs, each hosted NH including forwarding information that causes the packet to be forwarded to a corresponding service module. The methods further include in response to receiving a first packet, identifying a SC NH of the plurality of SC NHs based on an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the first packet, and forwarding the first packet to a service module based on the identified SC NH.

Abstract: A network device executes a method to forward a packet that is encoded using an explicit block encoding of multicast group membership information with Bit Index Explicit Replication. The method includes receiving a packet, where the packet includes a bitstring having a set of blocks, each block including a set identifier field and a SubBitString field. The method further includes selecting a block for processing, finding a first bit position of a SubBitString identifying a destination bit-forwarding router (BFR), looking up a forwarding bitmask for the destination BFR and a next-hop to reach the destination BFR in a bit index forwarding table, creating a copy of the packet, applying a bit-wise AND operation on the copy of the packet with the forwarding bitmask, forwarding the copy of the packet to the next-hop, and applying a bit-wise AND operation on the packet with an inverse of the forwarding bitmask.

Abstract: A network device executes a method to forward a packet that is encoded using an explicit block encoding of multicast group membership information with Bit Index Explicit Replication. The method includes receiving a packet, where the packet includes a bitstring having a set of blocks, each block including a set identifier field and a SubBitString field. The method further includes selecting a block for processing, finding a first bit position of a SubBitString identifying a destination bit-forwarding router (BFR), looking up a forwarding bitmask for the destination BFR and a next-hop to reach the destination BFR in a bit index forwarding table, creating a copy of the packet, applying a bit-wise AND operation on the copy of the packet with the forwarding bitmask, forwarding the copy of the packet to the next-hop, and applying a bit-wise AND operation on the packet with an inverse of the forwarding bitmask.

Abstract: A network device executes a method to forward a packet that is encoded using an explicit list encoding of sparse multicast group membership information with Bit Index Explicit Replication. The method includes receiving a packet that includes a bitstring having a list of Bit Forwarding Router IDs (BFR-ids). The method further includes selecting a BFR-id identifying a destination Bit Forwarding Router (BFR) from the list for processing, looking up a forwarding bitmask for the destination BFR and a next-hop to reach the destination BFR in a bit index forwarding table, creating a copy of the packet, clearing the selected BFR-id from the packet, clearing BFR-ids from the packet and the copy of the packet based on the forwarding bitmask, and forwarding the copy of the packet to the next-hop neighbor.

Abstract: In system of networks that are not fully meshed with each other and that are capable of processing distributed hash table (DHT) Put and Get messages, message flooding of GET messages is limited by maintaining a list of DHTs the GET has visited. Also, PUT messages include not only the storage location key in the home network but also a list of networks that the PUT has visited, in essence establishing a dynamically changing path within the PUT back to the home network.

Abstract: A method in a router for initiating fast flooding based fast convergence to recover from a network failure is disclosed. The method also starts with detecting a network failure. Responsive to the detected network failure, the router floods a layer 2 fast failure notification message out a set of one or more interfaces of the router. The fast failure notification message includes information that identifies the network failure and indicates to a router that receives the fast failure notification message to flood the fast failure notification message out its interfaces that are not blocked by a spanning tree protocol (STP) independently of updating its routing table to reflect the network failure. The method continues with the router updating a routing table to reflect the network failure.

Abstract: A network element supports Transmission Control Protocol Authentication Option (TCP-AO) with a Key Management Protocol (KMP) to authenticate TCP segments over a TCP session. The network element negotiates multiple traffic keys to authenticate TCP segments over a TCP session with a peer network element, and protects the TCP session with the negotiated traffic keys.

Abstract: A router detects a network failure and responsive to that failure, floods a fast failure notification message out a set of interfaces of the router. The fast failure notification message includes information that identifies the network failure and includes as its source MAC (Media Access Control) address a MAC address that is assigned to an interface that is coupled with the detected network failure and is not part of the set of interfaces of the router. The router updates a routing table to reflect the network failure. The flooding of the fast failure notification message is performed prior to completion of the routing table update to reflect the network failure.

Abstract: Fast flooding based fast convergence to recover from a network failure. A router detects a network failure, and responsive to that failure, transmits a fast failure notification message to a set of one or more routers. The fast failure notification message includes information that identifies the network failure and also indicates that the fast failure notification message is to be flooded by the set of routers independently of convergence. The router updates a routing table to reflect the network failure. The transmission of the fast failure notification message is performed prior to completion of the routing table update to reflect the network failure.