CPC H04L 45/566 (2013.01) [H04L 43/067 (2013.01); H04L 45/20 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a first network device, a packet, wherein the packet comprises a slice identifier of a network slice and a control identifier field, wherein the control identifier field indicates whether forwarding of the packet is allowed when a resource corresponding to the slice identifier fails to be matched, and wherein
the first network device fails to match the resource corresponding to the slice identifier; and
discarding, by the first network device, the packet based on a value of the control identifier field indicating that the forwarding of the packet is not allowed when the resource corresponding to the slice identifier fails to be matched.
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