US 12,224,926 B2
Route processing method and network device
Donglei Pang, Beijing (CN); Haibo Wang, Beijing (CN); Gang Yan, Beijing (CN); and Xingjian He, Nanjing (CN)
Assigned to HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/463,727.
Application 18/463,727 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2022/070018, filed on Jan. 4, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 202110251898.X (CN), filed on Mar. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0421480 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 45/00 (2022.01); H04L 45/02 (2022.01); H04L 45/036 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 45/036 (2022.05) [H04L 45/04 (2013.01); H04L 45/38 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A route processing method, implemented by a first network device, the route processing method comprising:
receiving, by one or more ports of the first network device, one or more routes having a first destination address, wherein the first destination address is the same for the one or more routes;
determining, based on the one or more ports, first slice information corresponding to the one or more ports;
updating a first route of the one or more routes to obtain an updated first route, wherein the updated first route carries the first slice information and the first destination address; and
sending the updated first route to a second network device.