US 2019/0097934 A1 · Traffic Distribution Method and Apparatus in Hybrid Access Network

Abstract

A traffic distribution method and apparatus in a hybrid access network, where the method includes transmitting, by a hybrid access aggregation point (HAAP), probe traffic using a second tunnel after determining that a first tunnel is congested when user traffic is transmitted over the first tunnel, obtaining, by the HAAP, a status of the first tunnel and a status of the second tunnel, determining, by the HAAP according to the status of the first tunnel and the status of the second tunnel, whether the status of the first tunnel and the status of the second tunnel meet an offloading condition, and transmitting, by the HAAP, the user traffic using the first tunnel and the second tunnel after determining that the status of the first tunnel and the status of the second tunnel meet the offloading condition.

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Dependent claims

A traffic distribution method in a hybrid access network, comprising:

transmitting, by a hybrid access aggregation point, (HAAP), probe traffic by using a second tunnel after determining that a first tunnel is congested, when user traffic is transmitted over the first tunnel, wherein the probe traffic being in the user traffic is used to obtain a status of the second tunnel;
obtaining, by the HAAP, a status of the first tunnel and the status of the second tunnel;
determining, by the HAAP according to the status of the first tunnel and the status of the second tunnel, whether the status of the first tunnel and the status of the second tunnel meet an offloading condition;
and
transmitting, by the HAAP, the user traffic by using the first tunnel and the second tunnel after determining that the status of the first tunnel and the status of the second tunnel meet the offloading condition.

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A traffic distribution apparatus in a hybrid access network, comprising:

a non-transitory computer-readable storage configured to store programming instructions;
and
a processor coupled to the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the programming instructions causing the processor to be configured to:
transmit probe traffic by using a second tunnel a tier a first, tunnel is congested when user traffic is transmitted over the first tunnel, wherein the probe traffic being in the user traffic is used to obtain a status of the second tunnel;
obtain a status of the first tunnel and the status of the second tunnel;
determine, according to the status of the first funnel and the status of the second tunnel, whether the status of the first tunnel and the status of the second tunnel meet an offloading condition:
and
transmit the user traffic by using the first tunnel and the second tunnel after determining that the status, of the first tunnel and the status of the second tunnel meet the offloading condition.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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