• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.38 no.2
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• pp.36-45
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• 2023

Segment routing (SR) is a source-based routing architecture in which a node steers packets adhering to service and topological requirements. Using programmable segments, SR enables end-to-end service connectivity to satisfy the network constraints of various services. SR can be implemented with both MPLS and IPv6 dataplanes. This survey presents the overview of SR for IPv6 dataplane (SRv6), network programming technologies based on SRv6, and the SR deployment status.