Patent ID: 11870686
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 6:
7. A first network device, comprising:
a memory configured to store a computer program; and
a processor coupled to the memory, the processor configured to execute the computer program to cause the first network device to:
receive, from a third network device, routing information comprising a first device identifier of a fourth network device, a first segment identifier corresponding to the first device identifier, a second device identifier of a second network device, and a second segment identifier corresponding to the second device identifier, wherein the first network device and the third network device are multi-homing device of the second network device, and wherein the third network device is a single-homing device of the fourth network device; and
advertise mirror routing information specific to the third network device,
wherein the mirror routing information comprises the second segment identifier or a second locator corresponding to the second segment identifier and does not comprise the first segment identifier and a first locator corresponding to the first segment identifier.