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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
May. 14, 2015
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for configuring a packet forwarding manner. The method includes receiving, by a control node (CN), a connection establishment request packet from a client device, and acquiring a user attribute according to the request packet; according to the user attribute and a forwarding policy, acquiring, by the first CN, a packet forwarding manner corresponding to the client device, where the forwarding policy includes a packet forwarding manner corresponding to the user attribute; and after authentication succeeds, sending, by the first CN, a message carrying the acquired packet forwarding manner to a wireless access point (AP) associated with the client device, so as to instruct the wireless AP to create a forwarding entry of the client device, where the forwarding entry includes the packet forwarding manner. The present invention implements user-based control of a packet forwarding manner, simplifying configuration and maintenance.
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