Patent ID: 9036660
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for managing a Medium Access Control (MAC) address table, comprising: receiving a packet and obtaining MAC address information carried in the packet; and matching the MAC address information with an entry within the MAC address table, and, when the matching succeeds, prolonging an aging time of the entry containing the MAC address information in the MAC address table; wherein the MAC address information comprises at least one of the group consisting of: source MAC (SMAC) address information and destination MAC (DMAC) address information; wherein the matching the MAC address information with the entry within the MAC address table, and the prolonging the aging time of the MAC address information in the MAC address table when the matching succeeds comprise: wherein the preset delay rule presets at least two aging times with increasing duration; and, when the MAC address information matches the entry within the MAC address table, updating the aging time of the entry containing the MAC address information in the MAC address table until the MAC address information has a longest aging time in the preset delay rule; and the updated aging time of the MAC address information is longer than the aging time before the update.