An example method is provided in one example embodiment and may include configuring a
measurement indication for a packet; forwarding the packet through a service chain …

An example method is provided in one example embodiment and may include receiving
traffic associated with at least one of a mobile network and a Gi-Local Area Network (Gi …

Abstract Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for facilitating the
implementation of an operations, administration, and management (OAM) protocol in a …

A method is provided in one example embodiment and may include receiving a first Internet
protocol (IP) flow for an IP session for a subscriber; selecting a first service function group …

(NRSF); receive a duplicate packet of the incoming packet; rewrite a service header of the
duplicate packet to identify a second SFC having a second SPI, wherein the second SPI is …

In one embodiment, a method includes creating a catalog of service function (" SF”) profiles,
wherein each of the profiles is associated with an SF and indicates a type of the associ ated …

An example method includes disengaging a target node from a cluster, where the
disengaging comprises: selecting an inheritor; migrating flows from the target node to the …

Aspects of the embodiments are directed to a service clas sifier configured for steering
cloned traffic through a service function chain. The service classifier is configured to create a …

A method is provided in one example embodiment and may include communicating
information between a plurality of network function virtualized (NFV) based applications; and …

An apparatus having logic elements to receive an incoming packet associated with a first
service function chain; identify a next hop service function for the incoming packet as a non …