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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2023
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Jingrong Xie, Beijing, CN;
Heng Wang, Shenzhen, CN;
Fanghong Duan, Nanjing, CN;
Gang Yan, Beijing, CN;
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
A next-hop determining method is applied to a BIER domain based on bit index forwarding routing, and includes: A third device obtains first BIER information of a first device, an attribute of the first device, second BIER information of a second device, and an attribute of the second device, where the first BIER information includes a BFR-id of an edge BFR in a sub-domain, and the second BIER information includes the BFR-id of the edge BFR in the sub-domain. The third device determines, based on the first BIER information, the second BIER information, the attribute of the first device, and the attribute of the second device, a next hop to the edge BFR in the sub-domain.