Patent ID: 11863459
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A packet processing method, implemented by a forwarding apparatus, wherein the packet processing method comprises:
receiving a first packet, wherein the first packet belongs to a first packet flow, and wherein the first packet flow comprises a first plurality of packets;
storing the first plurality of packets in a first memory;
sending the first plurality of packets using a first transmit port; and
performing explicit congestion notification (ECN) marking on the first packet based on information related to the first packet and according to a weighted random early detection (WRED) algorithm,
wherein the information comprises at least two of a duration of staying in the first memory, a usage of the first memory when receiving the first packet, whether the first packet flow is a victim of a congestion control mechanism when receiving the first packet, or a drop priority of the first packet.