Patent ID: 11902116
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 4:
5. A forwarding plane device applied to a broadband remote access server (BRAS), wherein the forwarding plane device comprises:
a memory configured to store instructions; and
one or more processors coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions to:
transmit, to a control plane device that is communicatively coupled to and separated from the forwarding plane device, a request for allocating a first Internet (IP) address to a first user;
receive, from the control plane device, a response including the first IP address;
transmit, to the first user, the first IP address to enable the first IP address to be included in a first data packet from the first user;
receive, from the control plane device, a forwarding rule, wherein the forwarding rule enables the forwarding plane device to forward a second data packet from a second user;
receive, from the second user, the second data packet comprising an identity of the second user; and
transmit the second data packet according to the identity and the forwarding rule,
wherein the identity comprises both a media access control (MAC) address and a virtual local area network (VLAN) identifier.