摘要 |
A communications network component comprising a processor configured to implement a method comprising processing a frame, wherein the frame comprises a forwarding type associated with the frame. Also disclosed is a communications network component comprising a processor configured to implement a method comprising receiving a frame associated with a destination address, a VID, and a forwarding type, determining whether the forwarding type associated with the frame is consistent with a forwarding type associated with the VID, and forwarding the frame to a port associated with the destination address if the forwarding type associated with the frame is consistent with the forwarding type associated with the VID.
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