A method for obtaining segment routing over Internet Protocol version 6 data plane (SRv6) tunnel information of Internet Protocol version 6 segment routing, including sending, by a first network device, a request packet to a second network device, where the request packet is used to request to detect reachability of an SRv6 tunnel and obtain SRv6 tunnel information of the second network device, and the second network device is a network device on the SRv6 tunnel, receiving, by the first network device, a response packet from the second network device, where the response packet includes the SRv6 tunnel information of the second network device, and obtaining, by the first network device, the SRv6 tunnel information of the second network device based on the response packet.

A system and method for managing congestion in a multi-hop wireless network, employing congestion notification messages. The technology has three main components: a mechanism at the Medium Access (MAC) layer for determining when a given source or transit node is deemed congested; a mechanism at the Network Layer (NL) determining how to propagate this information to applications, including suitably combining overload indications received from neighbors; and a mechanism at the Transport Layer (TL) of each source of traffic for determining when a source is generating excessive traffic, and combining it with Medium Access Control (MAC)-based overload indication from downstream nodes, thus providing a multi-layer approach to traffic throttling.

A system and method for managing congestion in a multi-hop wireless network, employing congestion notification messages. The technology has three main components: a mechanism at the Medium Access (MAC) layer for determining when a given source or transit node is deemed congested; a mechanism at the Network Layer (NL) determining how to propagate this information to applications, including suitably combining overload indications received from neighbors; and a mechanism at the Transport Layer (TL) of each source of traffic for determining when a source is generating excessive traffic, and combining it with Medium Access Control (MAC)-based overload indication from downstream nodes, thus providing a multi-layer approach to traffic throttling.

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for the secure creation of application containers for 5G slices. A MEC application in a MEC layer of a 5G network can be associated with a specific network slice of the 5G network. A backhaul routing policy for the MEC application can be defined based on the association of the MEC application with the specific network slice of the 5G network. Further, a SID for the MEC application that associates the MEC application with a segment routing tunnel through a backhaul of the 5G network can be generated. A MEC layer access policy for the MEC application can be defined based on the SID for the MEC application. As follows, access to the MEC application through the 5G network can be controlled based on both the backhaul routing policy for the MEC application and the MEC layer access policy for the application.

Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for the secure creation of application containers for 5G slices. A MEC application in a MEC layer of a 5G network can be associated with a specific network slice of the 5G network. A backhaul routing policy for the MEC application can be defined based on the association of the MEC application with the specific network slice of the 5G network. Further, a SID for the MEC application that associates the MEC application with a segment routing tunnel through a backhaul of the 5G network can be generated. A MEC layer access policy for the MEC application can be defined based on the SID for the MEC application. As follows, access to the MEC application through the 5G network can be controlled based on both the backhaul routing policy for the MEC application and the MEC layer access policy for the application.

Systems and methods for creating loopback packets for transmission through a section of a network for the purpose of testing the operability of links and nodes in this section of the network are provided. A method, according to one implementation, includes a step of obtaining information, by a Network Element (NE), about the topology of the network related to at least the nodes in direct communication with a peer node. The method also includes a step of generating one or more loopback packets, where each loopback packet includes at least a header having a path list including one or more nodes of the plurality of nodes in the network. Each path list defines an order of nodes through which the respective loopback packet is to be transmitted.

A system, method, and computer-readable medium for performing a traffic routing operation. The traffic routing operation includes: establishing a plurality of virtual private network (VPN) connections within an information handling system; obtaining a configuration policy for each of the plurality of VPN connections, the configuration policy for each of the plurality of VPN connections comprising an indication of at least one type of supported link of a plurality of links; configuring a plurality of queues for packets being communicated via the plurality of virtual private network connections, the plurality of queues being greater than the plurality of VPN connections; creating a tunnel indication for each of the plurality of VPN connections; mapping the tunnel indication for each of the plurality of VP connections to a respective queue of the plurality of queues; and, mapping each queue of the plurality of queues to a link of a particular VPN connection.

In one embodiment, a primary tunnel is established from a head-end node to a destination along a path including one or more protected network elements for which a fast reroute path is available to pass traffic around the one or more network elements in the event of their failure. A first path quality measures path quality prior to failure of the one or more protected network elements. A second path quality measures path quality subsequent to failure of the one or more protected network elements, while the fast reroute path is being used to pass traffic of the primary tunnel. A determination is made whether to reestablish the primary tunnel over a new path that does not include the one or more failed protected network elements, or to continue to utilize the path with the fast reroute path, in response to a difference between the first path quality and the second path quality.

In an example, a network device may receive a L3VPN packet of which an egress label edge router (LER) is the network device, and acquire an adjacency index of an adjacency entry in an adjacency table according to the destination IP address of the inner IP datagram from the L3VPN packet. The network device may acquire a PW extended index of a PW extended entry in a PW extended table and a private network layer-2 header for the inner IP datagram from an adjacency entry having the adjacency index. By using the private network layer-2 header and a public network label, a private network label and a public network layer-2 header in a PW extended entry having the PW extended index, the network device may encapsulate the inner IP datagram into a L2VPN packet and forward the L2VPN packet through a physical egress interface in the PW extended entry.

A device may identify a plurality of first values associated with network traffic of a label-switched path of a plurality of label-switched paths. The device may determine an adjustment policy based on the plurality of first values. The adjustment policy may include one or more factors associated with a plurality of second values. The plurality of second values may be determined based on the plurality of first values. The device may implement the adjustment policy in association with the label-switched path. A bandwidth reservation of the label-switched path may be adjusted based on the adjustment policy. The adjustment policy may be implemented for fewer than all of the plurality of label-switched paths.