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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2022
Filed:
May. 20, 2020
Applicant:
Alibaba Group Holding Limited, Grand Cayman, KY;
Inventors:
Zhehui Zhang, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Xiangning Yu, Saratoga, CA (US);
Haiyong Wang, Medina, WA (US);
Haiyang Zheng, San Jose, CA (US);
Jiayao Hu, Milpitas, CA (US);
Guohui Wang, Burlingame, CA (US);
Assignee:
Alibaba Group Holding Limited, George Town, KY;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04L 69/22 (2022.01); H04L 45/00 (2022.01); H04L 47/19 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 69/22 (2013.01); H04L 45/38 (2013.01); H04L 47/196 (2013.01);
Abstract
One embodiment described herein provides a system and method for path control in a network. During operation, in response to determining that a path-control condition is met, an end host in the network can determine an offset value to be applied to a packet header of a packet, modify the packet header by applying the determined offset value, and forward the packet based on the modified packet header.