Multicast Communication Method and Related Apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US20230370374A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-16

    申请号:US18196866

    申请日:2023-05-12

    CPC classification number: H04L45/741 H04L12/2854 H04L12/4633 H04L45/04

    Abstract: A multicast communication method is applied to a software-defined wide area network SD-WAN. In the multicast communication method, a bit index explicit replication (Bit Index Explicit Replication, BIER) capability is deployed on a site device in the SD-WAN, a site device through which a multicast packet needs to pass is indicated by a bit index explicit replication IPv6 encapsulation (Bit Index Explicit Replication IPv6 encapsulation, BIERv6) header in the multicast packet, and a multicast distribution tree does not need to be constructed. In addition, the multicast packet is forwarded through an SD-WAN tunnel between site devices, and an intermediate node does not need to sense a multicast service. In this way, a network device has a small quantity of multicast entries and the multicast entries are converged quickly, ensuring normal running of the multicast service.

    PACKET SENDING METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20210119921A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-04-22

    申请号:US17135698

    申请日:2020-12-28

    Abstract: The method includes: generating, by a first device, a first packet including a BIER header, where the BIER header includes entropy, and the entropy includes a first part and a second part; determining, by the first device based on the first packet, that there are a plurality of forwarding entries used to forward the first packet; selecting, by the first device, one forwarding entry from the plurality of forwarding entries based on the first part, where the selected forwarding entry includes an address of a second device, and the second device is a next-hop device of the first device; and sending, by the first device, the first packet to the second device, where the second part is used by the second device to select, from a plurality of forwarding entries used to forward the first packet, a forwarding entry used by the second device to forward the first packet.

    Method for Generating Entry, Method for Sending Packet, and Device

    公开(公告)号:US20230146104A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-11

    申请号:US18148549

    申请日:2022-12-30

    CPC classification number: H04L45/745 H04L45/04

    Abstract: A method for generating an entry includes a first network device that receives a first advertisement packet, where the first advertisement packet includes a source autonomous system (AS) identifier, and the source AS identifier corresponds to a source device of the first advertisement packet; and the first network device that generates a forwarding entry based on the source AS identifier, where the forwarding entry includes an identifier of a first egress, and the first network device receives the first advertisement packet through the first egress.

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