Patent ID: 11870690
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 16,
wherein the packet comprises a hop-by-hop options header, and the hop-by-hop options header comprises the control identifier field,
wherein the packet comprises a segment routing header (SRH), and the SRH comprises the control identifier field,
wherein the packet comprises a slice identifier information head, and the slice identifier information head comprises the control identifier field,
wherein the packet comprises an internet protocol version 4 (IPv4) packet header, and the IPv4 packet header comprises the control identifier field,
wherein the packet comprises an internet protocol version 6 (IPv6) packet header, and the IPv6 packet header comprises the control identifier field, or
wherein the packet comprises a payload, and a structure in the payload comprises the control identifier field.