Patent ID: 9712434
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method for a network controller to direct packets in a packet flow from a source to a destination, the method comprising: transmitting a first instruction to a node in a network instructing the node to transmit a first packet in the packet flow along a first route from the source to the destination, the first route having a first delay; transmitting a second instruction to a node in the network to transmit a second packet in the packet flow along a second route different from the first route, the second route having a second delay, the second delay having a duration less than a duration of the first delay, the first packet preceding the second packet in the packet flow; and transmitting a third instruction to a node in the second route to delay the second packet in order to delay arrival of the second packet at the destination, wherein delaying arrival order of the second packet at the destination reduces the likelihood that the first packet and the second packet will arrive at the destination in the wrong order.