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Title:
COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, CONTROLLER AND FORWARDING PLANE DEVICES
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2016/058185
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Disclosed are a communication method and apparatus, a controller and forwarding plane devices. The method comprises: receiving, by a controller, information added into a multicast group by a first user equipment; determining a MAC address of the first user equipment, a multicast address of the multicast group and information about a first forwarding plane device connected to the first user equipment according to the information added into the multicast group by the first user equipment; generating a forwarding rule, the forwarding rule specifically comprising: modifying a destination MAC address of a multicast message received by the first forwarding plane device or a second forwarding plane device connected to the first forwarding plane device to the MAC address of the first user equipment, and sending the MAC address to the first user equipment by means of unicast data transmission, wherein the destination address of the multicast message is the multicast address of the multicast group; and sending the forwarding rule to the first forwarding plane device or the second forwarding plane device.

Inventors:
LI YAN (CN)
Application Number:
PCT/CN2014/088846
Publication Date:
April 21, 2016
Filing Date:
October 17, 2014
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Assignee:
HUAWEI TECH CO LTD (CN)
International Classes:
H04L12/70
Foreign References:
CN101917670A2010-12-15
CN103346969A2013-10-09
CN101702672A2010-05-05
CN101945342A2011-01-12
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
E-TONE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY FIRM (CN)
北京亿腾知识产权代理事务所 (CN)
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