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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2022
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Guangdong, CN;
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
A method for forwarding a packet including: receiving a first packet, where a first packet header of the first packet includes a segment list used to forward the first packet, the segment list includes a plurality of sequentially arranged identifiers, each of the plurality of identifiers corresponds to one network device or one link, the list includes a first element whose length is 128 bits, the first element includes at least two adjacent identifiers in the plurality of identifiers, and the first packet includes a first pointer; determining a location of a first identifier in the first element based on a value of the first pointer, where the first identifier is one of the at least two identifiers; copying at least one identifier starting from the first identifier to a second packet header of the first packet, to generate a second packet; and sending the second packet.