Patent ID: 11882031
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC G  H

Claim 15:
16. A network device, comprising:
at least one processor;
one or more memories coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions, wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the programming instructions to cause the network device to:
obtain packet data, and determine a plurality of extension packet headers corresponding to the packet data;
obtain information about the plurality of extension packet headers, and obtaining an extension header self-describing option based on the information about the plurality of extension packet headers, wherein the extension header self-describing option is used to indicate the information about the plurality of extension packet headers; and
generate a first packet based on the packet data, the plurality of extension packet headers, and the extension header self-describing option, wherein the first packet comprises the extension header self-describing option and the plurality of extension packet headers.