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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2012
Applicant:
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, Guangdong, CN;
Inventors:
Shifa Zhang, Shenzhen, CN;
Xuefei Tan, Beijing, CN;
Assignee:
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/751 (2013.01); H04L 12/747 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/931 (2013.01); H04L 12/935 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04L 45/742 (2013.01); H04L 63/1466 (2013.01); H04L 49/351 (2013.01); H04L 49/3009 (2013.01); H04L 63/1458 (2013.01); H04L 63/162 (2013.01); H04L 2463/145 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and an apparatus for managing a MAC address table. The method includes: receiving a packet and obtaining MAC address information carried in the packet; matching the MAC address information with a MAC address table; and if the matching succeeds, prolonging an aging time of the MAC address information in the MAC address table.