| CPC H04L 47/522 (2013.01) [H04L 47/28 (2013.01)] | 10 Claims |

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1. A message forwarding method, comprising:
receiving a target message from an upstream device, the target message carrying first timeslot information comprising a first timeslot length and a first timeslot identifier, the first timeslot information being configured to indicate a corresponding sending timeslot in which the upstream device sends the target message;
determining a second timeslot length and a second timeslot identifier according to the first timeslot length and the first timeslot identifier, the second timeslot length and the second timeslot identifier being configured to indicate a forwarding timeslot for forwarding the target message, the second timeslot identifier under the second timeslot length corresponding to the first timeslot identifier under the first timeslot length, the second timeslot length being different from the first timeslot length; and
in response to a preset waiting time elapses after the target message enters a cache queue corresponding to the second timeslot length and the second timeslot identifier, forwarding the target message.
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