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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2019
Alibaba Group Holding Limited, Grand Cayman, KY;
Xiangning Yu, San Mateo, CA (US);
Haiyang Zheng, San Mateo, CA (US);
Guohui Wang, San Mateo, CA (US);
Jiayao Hu, San Mateo, CA (US);
Haiyong Wang, San Mateo, CA (US);
Alibaba Group Holding Limited, Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods and devices for data transmission by a switch. The method can include transmitting, by the switch, over a first path, a first packet that is received from a first host to a second host; receiving a replacement packet from the first host, wherein the replacement packet is transmitted from the first host in response to a determination that the first packet was lost and wherein the replacement packet includes a path indicator; and based on the path indicator of the replacement packet, transmitting, over a second path different from the first path, at least part of the replacement packet to the second host.