| 摘要 |
Aspects of the invention pertain to transmitting packet data across a computer network (200) . The packets may be sent via one or more distinct routes (208, 210) from a source to a destination. Each route may employ multiple routers (206) disposed along the network. Non-colliding routes are determined by transmitting pairs of probe packets along the routes. A first f4 probe packet (P1) has a maximal length, and a second probe packet (P2) has a minimal length. Depending on the order of arrival of the probe packets, the system determines whether two transport layer ports at the destination device collide (306). If there is a collision, then the system (202, 206) searches for a set of non-colliding ports (308). Once the non-colliding ports are determined, application data may be sent as packets along the different routes to those ports. |
