Patent ID: 11949585
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC G  H

Claim 6:
7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the forwarding, by the first forwarding device, the IPv6 packet based on the query result of the BIFT comprises:
updating, by the first network device, the destination address field in the IPv6 basic header of the IPv6 packet to an IPv6 address of a third forwarding device, wherein the BIFT is established according to the IPv6 address of the third forwarding device carried in a BIER message flooded by the third forwarding device; and;
replicating, by the first forwarding device, the IPv6 packet with the updated destination address field to the third forwarding device according to the BIFT.