US 12,425,490 B2
Network structure and method for sending/receiving packet between network elements in network
Chong Zhu, Xi'an (CN); Zhipeng Wu, Wuhan (CN); and Feng Liu, Wuhan (CN)
Assigned to HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Appl. No. 17/780,886
Filed by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
PCT Filed Nov. 12, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/128267
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 27, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/109821, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 201911223143.8 (CN), filed on Dec. 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0014379 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 67/5651 (2022.01); H04L 69/04 (2022.01); H04L 69/06 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/5651 (2022.05) [H04L 69/04 (2013.01); H04L 69/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method implemented by an intermediate network element in a serial network and comprising:
receiving a first to-be-forwarded packet;
when a to-be-sent packet at the intermediate network element and the first to-be-forwarded packet at a previous network element can be superimposed and when the network element needs to send the to-be-sent packet;
superimposing, in a selected superimposition manner based on a first message type of the to-be-sent packet, a first message length of the to-be-sent packet, a second message type of the first to-be-forwarded packet, and a second message length of the first to-be-forwarded packet, the to-be-sent packet and the first to-be-forwarded packet to obtain a second to-be-forwarded packet at the intermediate network element when the first message type is different from the second message type and the first message length is different from the second message length, and when a sending time obtained after the to-be-sent packet and the first to-be-forwarded packet are superimposed meets a receiving time tolerance range of the next network element; and
sending the second to-be-forwarded packet to a next network element.