Traffic control method and apparatus

A traffic control apparatus, comprising:

• at least one processor configured to perform a number of pieces of traffic determining module, a traffic dividing module, a traffic allocating module, a traffic information recording module and a traffic control module, wherein
• the number of pieces of traffic determining module is configured to determine the number n of pieces of traffic to be divided, wherein n is greater than or equal to 2;
• the traffic dividing module is configured to divide all available traffic into n pieces, wherein each piece of the traffic is the same as each other or differs from each other by one unit;
• the traffic allocating module is configured to allocate n pieces of traffic to m equivalent paths so that each of the equivalent paths is allocated with n/m or n/m+1 pieces of traffic;
• the traffic information recording module is configured to record the traffic allocated to each of the equivalent paths and an allocation order of the traffic in a traffic allocation process;
• and the traffic control module is configured to, when it is required to perform traffic switching, perform, according to the allocated traffic and the allocation order thereof which are recorded by the
• traffic information recording module, allocation in a manner of first allocating last allocated traffic to an equivalent path in need, so that the number of pieces of traffic allocated to each of the equivalent paths is the same as each other or differs from each other by one piece;
• wherein the traffic control module is further configured to:
• when any path of multiple equivalent paths is failed, allocate the traffic on the failed path to normal paths, wherein the number of pieces of traffic allocated to each of the normal paths is the same as each other or differs from each other by one piece of traffic;
• maintain original traffic of each of the normal paths unchanged, and notify the traffic information recording module to record the traffic allocated from the failed part to each of the normal paths and the allocation order of the allocated traffic.