公开(公告)号：US11388089B2

公开(公告)日：2022-07-12

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: H04L29/12 ,  H04L45/00 ,  H04L45/30 ,  H04L47/6275 ,  H04L49/25 ,  H04L49/00 ,  H04L61/103 ,  H04L101/622 ,  H04L69/22

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.