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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2020
Huawei Technologies Co.,ltd., Guangdong, CN;
Jingrong Xie, Beijing, CN;
Yang Xia, Beijing, CN;
Gang Yan, Beijing, CN;
Shunwan Zhuang, Beijing, CN;
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
The method includes: generating, by a first device, a first packet including a BIER header, where the BIER header includes entropy, and the entropy includes a first part and a second part; determining, by the first device based on the first packet, that there are a plurality of forwarding entries used to forward the first packet; selecting, by the first device, one forwarding entry from the plurality of forwarding entries based on the first part, where the selected forwarding entry includes an address of a second device, and the second device is a next-hop device of the first device; and sending, by the first device, the first packet to the second device, where the second part is used by the second device to select, from a plurality of forwarding entries used to forward the first packet, a forwarding entry used by the second device to forward the first packet.