ORDER-SENSITIVE COMMUNICATIONS IN PACKET REORDERING NETWORKS

摘要

In one embodiment, a device in a network determines that a particular packet flow in the network is sensitive to packet reordering. The device determines whether a particular packet of the packet flow is to be routed differently than an immediately prior packet in the packet flow, in response to determining that the particular packet flow is sensitive to reordering. The device marks the particular packet as taking a different route than the immediately prior packet in the packet flow, prior to forwarding the marked packet and in response to determining that the particular packet is to be routed differently than the immediately prior packet in the packet flow.