公开(公告)号：US20180241621A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-23

申请号：US15957286

申请日：2018-04-19

Applicant: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Ishan VAISHNAVI ,  Riccardo GUERZONI ,  David PEREZ ,  Ramin KHALILI

IPC: H04L12/24 ,  H04L12/721

Abstract: A forwarding unit for a SDN system is provided, the forwarding unit being configured to forward data packets and comprising a memory module for storing at least one forwarding rule and a forwarding rule managing module, wherein the forwarding rule managing module is configured to activate the at least one forwarding rule according to a preset time condition and wherein the preset time condition comprises at least two activation times of the at least one forwarding rule and wherein the forwarding rule managing module is configured to activate the at least one forwarding rule at any one of the at least two activation times.