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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
May. 28, 2024
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Heyang Liu, Nanjing, CN;
Jinfeng Yan, Nanjing, CN;
Peiying Tao, Shenzhen, CN;
Xianjun He, Chengdu, CN;
Tingbo Hu, Hod Hasharon, IL;
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
This application provides a path awareness method and apparatus. The method includes: A source node sends, to a destination node, a first request packet that includes an identifier of a first node, an identifier of a first data flow, and first reserved information; receives a first response packet that includes the identifier of the first data flow, the identifier of the first node, and first indication information; and obtains, based on the first response packet, information indicating that a first path passes through the first node or not. The first request packet is used to request to determine whether the first path passes through the first node, the first reserved information is used to record a result about whether the first path passes through the first node.