US 12,010,008 B2
Network communication method and apparatus
Zhuo Song, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to Alibaba Group Holding Limited, Grand Cayman (KY)
Appl. No. 16/958,662
Filed by Alibaba Group Holding Limited, Grand Cayman (KY)
PCT Filed Dec. 24, 2018, PCT No. PCT/CN2018/122996
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 25, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/128905, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 4, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 201711482414.2 (CN), filed on Dec. 29, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0250272 A1, Aug. 12, 2021
Int. Cl. H04L 45/02 (2022.01); H04L 45/00 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 45/02 (2013.01) [H04L 45/54 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
28. A network communication apparatus, comprising:
a parsing unit configured to receive and parse a packet so as to acquire a destination host Internet Protocol address;
a determination unit configured to determine whether a route-neighbor table is enabled;
a query unit configured to, when the route-neighbor table is enabled, perform a single query on the route-neighbor table so as to acquire a physical address and a route type of a next hop route, wherein the route type comprises a local area network, wherein if a number of hosts in the local area network is countable, then the route-neighbor table stores Internet Protocol addresses, physical addresses, route information, and route types, wherein the route-neighbor table is a data structure that combines a routing table and a neighbor table into one table, and wherein information of the routing table and the neighbor table is stored in one data structure; and
a packet sending unit configured to send the packet according to the physical address and the route type.