Patent ID: 9641433
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for sending a packet in a Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL) network, the method comprising: receiving, by a first transit routing bridge (RB), a Nickname of an edge RB sent by a second transit RB, the TRILL network comprising the first transit RB, the second transit RB, and the edge RB, wherein the first transit RB and the second transit RB share a same virtual IP address; constructing, by the first transit RB, an address advertisement message, wherein the address advertisement message comprises the virtual IP address shared by the first and the second transit RBs and a virtual MAC address of the first transit RB; and sending, by the first transit RB, according to the Nickname of the edge RB, the address advertisement message to the edge RB.