公开(公告)号：US09722943B2

公开(公告)日：2017-08-01

申请号：US13717111

申请日：2012-12-17

Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated

Inventor： Kaustubh Jain ,  Qi Xue ,  Peerapol Tinnakornsrisuphap ,  Brian M. Buesker

IPC: H04L12/28 ,  H04L12/863 ,  H04L12/707 ,  H04L12/803 ,  H04L12/833 ,  H04L12/801 ,  H04L1/18

CPC classification number: H04L47/6225 ,  H04L1/1841 ,  H04L45/22 ,  H04L45/24 ,  H04L47/125 ,  H04L47/31 ,  H04L47/34 ,  H04L47/624

Abstract: Seamless path switching is made possible in a multi-hop network based upon stream marker packets and additional path distinguishing operations. A device receiving out-of-order packets on the same ingress interface is capable of determining a proper order for the incoming packets having different upstream paths. Packets may be reordered at a relay device or a destination device based upon where a path update is initiated. Reordering packets from the various upstream paths may be dependent upon a type of service associated with the packet.