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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2019
Emc Ip Holding Company Llc, Hopkinton, MA (US);
EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, apparatuses and computer program products for transmitting data. A method comprises determining, at a source node, a traffic type of a packet to be sent to a destination node, the source node and the destination node having therebetween a plurality of network paths for different traffic types. The method further comprises including a mark indicating the traffic type in the packet. In addition, the method further comprises sending the packet including the mark to the destination node such that the packet is forwarded along one of the plurality of network paths specific to the traffic type. Embodiments of the present disclosure can transmit data using different network paths based on different traffic types of data so as to optimize network performance for different network requirements.