PACKET ORDERING BASED ON DELIVERY ROUTE CHANGES

摘要

A hybrid network device can implement functionality to detect a change in a packet route associated with one or more packets sharing a common route and to manage out of order packet arrival. In a hybrid communication network a first network device can communicate with a second network device via a plurality of packet routes. The first network device can detect one or more route change indicators that are indicative of a change in a packet route between the first network device and the second network device from a first packet route to a second packet route based at least in part on a plurality of packets received from the second network device. Based on the route change indicators it may be determined whether the plurality of packets were received according to a predetermined order and if the plurality of packets should be re ordered based on the predetermined order.