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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2023
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
A first network device receives a BIER packet sent by a second network device. The BIER packet includes a data packet and a global VPN identifier, the global VPN identifier is for uniquely identifying, in a BIER domain, a VPN to which a source device of the data packet belongs, the global VPN identifier includes an identifier of the second network device and a first identifier, and the first identifier is for identifying, on the second network device, the VPN to which the source device of the data packet belongs. The first network device determines, based on the global VPN identifier, a first VPN corresponding to the global VPN identifier. The first network device sends the data packet to the destination device of the data packet corresponding to the first VPN.