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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2018
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Yong Huang, Shenzhen, CN;
Hengjun Zhu, Shenzhen, CN;
Lehong Niu, Shenzhen, CN;
Jinchun Xu, Shenzhen, CN;
Xuhui Bai, Shenzhen, CN;
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
An embodiment method includes: a first service atom receives a second packet sent by a central switching device, where a first service packet is encapsulated in the second packet and the second packet further includes a first service path identifier. The first service atom performs first service processing according to information in the first service packet, to obtain a first processing result. The first service atom queries a first path switching entry according to the first processing result and the first service path identifier. The first service atom sends a third packet to the central switching device, where a source device identifier of the third packet is a device identifier of the first service atom, a second service packet is encapsulated in the third packet, and the third packet includes the second service path identifier.