Method for forwarding packet and network device
AssigneeHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
InventorsXuesong Geng, Guoyi Chen
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Abstract
A method for forwarding a packet is provided. In the method: a first packet is received that includes first indication information, payload data, and a packet sequence number of the first packet in a data flow corresponding to the first packet. When a first network device determines that the first packet includes the first indication information, the first network device generates a plurality of second packets based on the first packet. Each of the plurality of second packets includes the payload data, the packet sequence number, and second indication information. The first network device separately forwards the plurality of second packets to a second network device over different forwarding paths.
Claims14
A method for forwarding packets in a network, the method comprises:
- receiving, by a network device, a first packet;
- determining that an Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) destination address comprised in the first packet matches a local segment identify (SID) of the network device, wherein the local SID comprises a function part, wherein the local SID indicates to the network device to replicate the first packet;
- replicating the first packet to obtain a plurality of second packets based on the function part of the local SID;
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- separately forwarding, by the network device, the plurality of second packets over different forwarding paths.
A method for forwarding packets in a network, the method comprises:
- generating, by a first network device, a first packet, wherein an Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) destination address of the first packet matches a local segment identify (SID) of a second network device, wherein the local SID comprises a function part, wherein the local SID indicates to the first network device to replicate the first packet to obtain a plurality of second packets based on the function part of the local SID;
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- forwarding, by the first network device, the first packet to the second network device.
A network device in a network, wherein the network device comprises:
- one or more processors;
- and
- at least one memory coupled to the processors and storing instructions for execution by the processors, the instructions cause the network device to:
- receive a first packet;
- determine that an Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) destination address comprised in the first packet matches a local segment identify (SID) of the network device, wherein the local SID comprises a function part, wherein the local SID indicates to the network device to replicate the first packet;
- replicate the first packet to obtain a plurality of second packets based on the function part of the local SID;
- and
- separately forward the plurality of second packets over different forwarding paths.
A first network device in a network, the first network device comprises:
- one or more processors;
- and
- at least one memory coupled to the one or more processors and storing instructions for execution by the one or more processors, the instructions cause the first network device to:
- generate, a first packet, wherein an Internet Protocol version (IPv6) destination address of the first packet matches a local segment identify (SID) of a second network device, wherein the local SID comprises a function part, wherein the local SID indicates to the first network device to replicate the first packet to obtain a plurality of second packets based on the function part of the local SID;
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- forward the first packet to the second network device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.