Patent ID: 11863394
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 18:
19. The first network device according to claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to:
obtain a maintenance association end point identifier (MEP ID) range or a session identifier (session ID) range, wherein the MEP ID range comprises the MEP ID of the second network device, or the session ID range comprises the session ID of the second network device; and
the processor is further configured to:
determine that the MEP ID of the second network device is within the MEP ID range before the first network device receives the creation message of the connectivity detection session from the second network device; or
determine that the session ID of the second network device is within the session ID range before the first network device receives the creation message of the connectivity detection session from the second network device.