CPC H04L 45/76 (2022.05) [H04L 12/4633 (2013.01); H04L 45/24 (2013.01); H04L 45/74 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a first network device, a data packet, and encapsulating, by the first network device, the data packet to obtain a first packet, wherein the first packet comprises an internet protocol version 6 (IPv6) header, a bit index explicit replication (BIER) header and the data packet, and a number of bits of a source IPv6 address field in the IPv6 header indicate identification information of a first tenant of the data packet; and
sending, by the first network device, the first packet to a second network device, wherein the identification information of the first tenant indicates a first interface to which the data packet is to be sent by the second network device, the first interface corresponding to the first tenant.
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