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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2019
Zte Corporation, Guangdong, CN;
Shuangping Zhan, Guangdong, CN;
ZTE CORPORATION, Guangdong, CN;
Abstract
The present disclosure discloses a method, device and storage medium for creating a bi-directional segment routing (SR) tunnel, the method includes: carrying out capability negotiation for whether to support creation of a bi-directional SR tunnel by messaging during a process in which a first network element establishes a session with a second network element; and if support, sending, by the first network element, an SR tunnel create message carrying a bi-directional flag bit to the second network element so that the second network element is capable of determining, in accordance with the bi-directional flag bit, whether a bi-directional tunnel or a unidirectional tunnel is to be created.