Patent ID: 11876704
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 1:
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the network device is a central device; and
wherein the obtaining the configuration policy from the management device comprises:
obtaining, by the network device, a redirection policy from the management device,, wherein the redirection policy is associated with controlling traffic redirection; and
wherein the configuring the destination for all the traffic being sent between the branch devices based on the configuration policy comprises:
configuring, by the network device, the destination of access traffic of the branch devices to be the filtering device based on the redirection policy, wherein the filtering device is configured to control, based on an access control policy, at least one of mutual access permission between the plurality of branch devices or mutual access permission between the network device and the plurality of branch devices.