Patent ID: 11902049
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A first node in a first bit index explicit replication (BIER) domain, wherein the first node comprises:
a memory configured to store programming instructions; and
a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the programming instructions cause the processor to be configured to:
receive, from a second node in a second BIER domain, a packet carrying a first identifier of the second BIER domain;
determine, based on the first identifier and according to a locally configured BIER packet sending policy, a BIER packet sending policy corresponding to the first identifier, wherein the BIER packet sending policy comprises path information corresponding to the first identifier, and wherein the path information identifies a path from the first node to the second node;
encapsulate the path information into a BIER packet; and
send, based on the path information, the BIER packet to the second BIER domain.