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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2022
Zte Corporation, Shenzhen, CN;
Benchong Xu, Shenzhen, CN;
Zheng Zhang, Shenzhen, CN;
ZTE CORPORATION, Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
Disclosed are a method and apparatus for forwarding a Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER) packet, and a storage medium. The method may include: receiving a first BIER packet generated by a third node, wherein the first BIER packet comprises a first BIER packet header and a BIER segment list, the first BIER packet header comprises first node information, and the BIER segment list comprises second node information; changing the first node information in the first BIER packet header into the second node information to obtain a second BIER packet header; and forwarding a second BIER packet corresponding to the second BIER packet header to a second node corresponding to the second node information.