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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2023
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Yuechen Li, Dongguan, CN;
Hao Li, Shenzhen, CN;
Bin Xia, Dongguan, CN;
Feng Zeng, Boulogne Billancourt, FR;
Runfa Zhou, Shenzhen, CN;
Xiaoshan Zhang, Dongguan, CN;
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
A communication method includes, after determining a node set including a node that supports segment routing, a controller may send a target segment identifier list to a source node, to instruct the source node to forward a packet of a target flow based on the target segment identifier list, where the source node of the target flow in a communication network belongs to the node set. The target segment identifier list may be sent to the source node of the target flow, to indicate a packet forwarding path of the target flow.