Huawei technologies co., ltd. (20250062989). IPv6 Domain Level Source Routing and Forwarding
IPv6 Domain Level Source Routing and Forwarding
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IPv6 Domain Level Source Routing and Forwarding
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250062989 titled 'IPv6 Domain Level Source Routing and Forwarding
Original Abstract Submitted
a mechanism operated by a network node in a current network domain is disclosed. the mechanism includes obtaining a packet in an internet protocol (ip) version six (ipv6) format. the packet contains a header comprising a domain identifier (id) list field and a base ipv6 destination address field. a next domain id is determined from the domain id list field. a next domain interface ip address is determined based on the next domain id. the next domain interface ip address is copied into the base ipv6 destination address field. the packet is forwarded to the next domain interface ip address in the base ipv6 destination address field.
