US 2022/0103476 A1 · NETWORK ROUTING METHOD AND APPARATUS

Abstract

A method includes receiving, by a network node, a first data packet from a client, wherein the first data packet includes an identifier of a service. The method further includes obtaining, by the network node, flow affinity attribute information of the service based on the identifier of the service, wherein the flow affinity attribute information of the service includes a flow affinity type of the service and a flow affinity timeout time of the service. The method further includes establishing, by the network node, a flow entry based on the flow affinity attribute information of the service in response to the first data packet being a 1st data packet in a data flow, wherein the flow entry is useable to forward a subsequent data packet in the data flow.

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Dependent claims

A method, comprising:

receiving, by a network node, a first data packet from a client, wherein the first data packet comprises an identifier of a service;
obtaining, by the network node, flow affinity attribute information of the service based on the identifier of the service, wherein the flow affinity attribute information of the service comprises a flow affinity type of the service and a flow affinity timeout time of the service;
and
establishing, by the network node, a flow entry based on the flow affinity attribute information of the service in response to the first data packet being a 1st data packet in a data flow, wherein the flow entry is useable to forward a subsequent data packet in the data flow.

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A network routing apparatus, comprising:

one or more processors;
and
a non-transitory computer-readable memory configured to store non-transitory instructions, and the one or more processors are configured to execute the non-transitory instructions thereby causing the network routing apparatus to:
receive a first data packet from a client, wherein the first data packet comprises an identifier of a service;
obtain flow affinity attribute information of the service based on the identifier of the service, wherein the flow affinity attribute information of the service comprises a flow affinity type of the service and a flow affinity timeout time of the service, and the flow affinity type is useable to identify one or more data items in the first data packet as key values to thereby identify a data flow to which the first data packet belongs;
and
establish a flow entry based on the flow affinity attribute information of the service in response to the first data packet being a 1st data packet in the data flow, wherein the flow entry is useable to forward a subsequent data packet in the data flow.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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