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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2022
Alibaba Group Holding Limited, Grand Cayman, KY;
Yilong Lyu, Hangzhou, CN;
Alibaba Group Holding Limited, George Town, KY;
Abstract
A method including controlling a second network device to add the flow entry, so that the second network device performs message forwarding according to the flow entry; and after controlling the second network device to add the flow entry, receiving a message matching the flow entry and controlling the second network device to delete the flow entry under a certain condition, wherein the first network device is responsible for control of time for deleting the flow entry based on a protocol state of the flow entry. The present disclosure improves the rationality of the aging of the flow entry in the second network device.