Message processing method, message forwarding method, message forwarding device and equipment

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention discloses a message processing method, a message forwarding method, a message forwarding device and equipment, which are used for improving the message forwarding efficiency, saving the storage space of network equipment and expanding the network scale. The message processing method provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises: obtaining a message containing a destination address; acquiring outgoing interface information of network equipment on a forwarding path according to the destination address of the message, wherein the forwarding path is a path for forwarding the message from the source equipment to destination equipment corresponding to the destination address; and packaging a message header for the message, wherein the message header comprises outgoing interface information of network equipment for forwarding the message on the forwarding path.

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technical field [0001] The present application relates to the field of network communication, in particular to a message processing method, device and device, and a message forwarding method, device and device. Background technique [0002] With the rapid growth of emerging services such as artificial intelligence and big data, there is an increasing demand for network devices to provide low-latency packet forwarding capabilities. At present, when a network device forwards a message, it often needs to query table entries to obtain outbound interface information. These table entries are, for example, a forwarding info base (FIB), a media access control (media access control, MAC) table, and the like. However, it takes a certain amount of time to look up table entries to obtain the outbound interface information for packet forwarding, which will result in low packet forwarding efficiency of network devices, making it difficult to meet the current increasing packet forwarding s...

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However, it takes a certain amount of time to look up table entries to obtain the outbound interface information for packet forwarding, so the efficiency of network equipment forwarding packets will be low, and it is difficult to meet the current increasing demand for packet forwarding speed.

At the same time, because the network device needs to store these entries, it will also occupy the storage space of the network device

However, the storage space of network devices is limited, so the size of the forwarding table or MAC table that can be stored is also limited, resulting in a limited network scale.

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