公开(公告)号：US20200374220A1

公开(公告)日：2020-11-26

申请号：US16991775

申请日：2020-08-12

Applicant: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

Inventor： Li SHEN ,  Yinliang HU ,  Peng CHEN ,  Duoliang FAN ,  Jingmin ZHANG

IPC: H04L12/721 ,  H04L29/12 ,  H04L12/725 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L12/947 ,  H04L12/935 ,  H04L12/865

Abstract: This application provides a downstream packet sending method, a downstream packet forwarding method, a downstream packet sending apparatus, and a downstream packet forwarding apparatus. The downstream packet sending method in this application includes: configuring a downstream forwarding path of a downstream packet for a terminal device; generating a source MAC address based on the downstream forwarding path, where the source MAC address is used to indicate the downstream forwarding path; and sending the downstream packet to a forwarding switch, where the downstream packet includes the source MAC address. This application can reduce costs, improve efficiency, and simplify network traffic.