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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2022
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Yaqun Xiao, Beijing, CN;
Li Fan, Beijing, CN;
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
An identifier can indicate whether local protection is allowed is added to a packet. In a process in which a packet that carries a protection flag is transmitted along a primary path, if a node along the path determines that the primary path is faulty, but the protection flag indicates that local switching to a protection path is not allowed, the node along the path does not perform local protection, so that the packet is not switched by the node along the path to the protection path. This prevents the packet from passing through a protection path with the node along the path as an ingress when the primary path is faulty, helps traffic on the primary path to be switched to an end-to-end protection path in time, and helps a packet sending side to switch the traffic on the primary path to the end-to-end protection path in time.