US 12,341,700 B2
Load sharing method and apparatus, and chip
Liudong Xiong, Xi'an (CN); Xiangang Zhang, Dongguan (CN); and Chunzhi He, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Aug. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/454,188.
Application 18/454,188 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2022/076919, filed on Feb. 18, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 202110209432.3 (CN), filed on Feb. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0396549 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 47/125 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 47/125 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A load sharing method, applied to a transmit end, the method comprising:
sending a first data packet to a forwarding device, wherein the first data packet belongs to a first data flow, a value of a first field comprised in the first data packet is a first value, and the first value indicates the forwarding device to forward the first data packet according to a first load sharing rule; and
sending a second data packet to the forwarding device, wherein the second data packet belongs to a second data flow, a value of a first field comprised in the second data packet is a second value, and the second value indicates the forwarding device to forward the second data packet according to a second load sharing rule; and
a first flow type of the first data flow is different from a second flow type of the second data flow; wherein
the first flow type of the first data flow is a mouse flow, and the second flow type of the second data flow is an elephant flow;
the first data flow is a data flow sent to a first receive end, and
the method further comprises determining, based on a capability of the first receive end for reordering disordered packets and the first flow type of the first data flow, that the forwarding device forwards the first data flow according to the first load sharing rule.