US 12,224,937 B2
Network routing method and apparatus
Fengxin Sun, Shenzhen (CN); Guanhua Zhuang, Nanjing (CN); Shuheng Gu, Nanjing (CN); and Lijuan Chen, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Dec. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/549,183.
Application 17/549,183 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2020/096175, filed on Jun. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 201910518094.4 (CN), filed on Jun. 14, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0103476 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 45/745 (2022.01); H04L 45/021 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 45/745 (2013.01) [H04L 45/021 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a network node, a first data packet from a client, wherein the first data packet comprises an identifier of a service;
obtaining, by the network node, flow affinity attribute information of the service based on the identifier of the service, wherein the flow affinity attribute information of the service comprises a flow affinity type of the service, a flow affinity timeout time of the service, and hot swapping function indication information of the data flow, wherein the hot swapping function indication information of the data flow comprises enable indication information; and
establishing, by the network node, a flow entry based on the flow affinity attribute information of the service in response to the first data packet being a 1st data packet in a data flow, wherein the flow entry is useable to forward a subsequent data packet in the data flow.