Abstract Service function chaining is a sequence of service function instances that traffic
flows need to traverse through in order. Those service function instances are not required to …

In accordance with examples disclosed herein, a filter table for Media Access Control (MAC)
chaining contains mappings between signature addresses, service functions, and …

An apparatus comprising an ingress port, an egress port, a port associated with a service
function, a memory, and a processor coupled to the ingress port, the egress port, the port …

Abstract Systems and methods for managing a service set in network function virtualization
(NVF) are provided. A service set can be defined as an ordered list of services to be applied …

This document describes, among other things, improved methods, systems, and apparatus
for relaying packets on computer networks. Preferably, the relay function is accelerated at a …

Described herein are systems, methods, and apparatus for processing network packets in a
computer network. According to the teachings hereof, distributed computing resources can …

A control and monitoring system orders a service chain—an order of data flow through a
plurality of network nodes—based on network node identifiers. The control and monitoring …

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a service processing apparatus and method,
and relate to the field of network service processing, and the method includes receiving, by a …

(73) Assignee: AKAMAITECHNOLOGIES, INC., Described herein are systems, methods, and
apparatus for Cambridge, MA (US) processing network packets in a computer network …

In one embodiment, a packet is processed by three flow tables in a network device of a
software-defined networking (SDN) system. In the first flow table, upon finding a match …