Patent ID: 11863322
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A communication method, comprising: assigning, by a source node, a first number to a probe data packet in a probe data flow in a sending sequence, wherein the first number is used to select a transmission path for the probe data packet; sending, by the source node, the probe data packet in the probe data flow to a destination node at a first sending rate, further comprising: sending the probe data packet in the probe data flow to the destination node at the first sending rate in one or more transmission periods; and each time in response to receiving a probe data packet backhauled by the destination node, sending, by the source node, a service data packet in a service data flow, wherein the service data packet is assigned a second number corresponding to the probe data packet, and the second number is used to select a transmission path for the service data packet, wherein when the first number is the same as the second number, the probe data packet to which the first number is assigned and the service data packet to which the second number is assigned correspond to a same transmission path.