Load sharing method and network device
US10999210B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 19, 2019 |
| Grant date | May 4, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 19, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2212/00
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A load sharing method includes: establishing a first tunnel and a second tunnel between a first network device and a second network device, where the first tunnel and the second tunnel form a bonding tunnel through hybrid bonding; sending, by the first network device, a plurality of data packets to the second network device; determining, by the first network device, a usage status of buffer space of a bonding tunnel reorder buffer of the second network device based on an acknowledgment response returned by the second network device; and performing, based on the usage status and according to a specified load sharing policy, load sharing between the first tunnel and the second tunnel for a packet to be transmitted by the first network device to the second network device.
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