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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2017
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Peter Ashwood-Smith, Gatineau, CA;
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
A plurality of network nodes, under the control of a network controller, are configured to perform a method to direct packets in a packet flow from a source to a destination. In one embodiment, the network controller transmits an instruction to a first node in a network instructing the first node to transmit a first packet in the packet flow along a first route from the source to the destination, the first route having a first delay. The network controller also transmits an instruction to a node in the network to transmit a second packet in the packet flow along a second route different from the first route, the second route having a second delay, the second delay having a duration less than a duration of the first delay. The network controller further transmits an instruction to a node in the second route to delay the second packet in order to delay arrival of the second packet at the destination.