Method for processing socket, method and apparatus for transmitting packet data

• US 10,278,229 B2
• Filed: 02/13/2012
• Issued: 04/30/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Liang, Jiehui, Wang, Shengjuan, Li, Jianyong
• Primary Examiner(s): Henson, Jamaal R
• Application Number:
  US14/115,462
• Publication Number:
  US 20140112278A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,633 Days
• Field of Search: 370329, 709237, 709238, 709220, 709227
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/162 involving adaptations of sockets based mechanisms secure socket layer H04L63/168
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/20 Manipulation of established connections

Abstract

Disclosed is a method for processing a SOCKET, a method and an apparatus for transmitting packet data, wherein, the method for processing a SOCKET comprises: a connection management application obtaining a SOCKET identifier corresponding to each service application, and transmitting the SOCKET identifier and a modification instruction to a TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) protocol stack; the TCP/IP protocol stack searching for SOCKET file description information corresponding to the SOCKET identifier, and modifying the SOCKET file description information according to the modification instruction. After adopting the technical solution mentioned above, the IP binding operation across applications can be performed on a single-process or multi-process operating system, and the application level traffic selection of the different data connection can be performed according to intention of a user.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting packet data in a plurality of co-existed network links by a terminal which comprises an operating system, comprising:

obtaining, by a connection management application module in a processor, a SOCKET identifier which is created for each service application of a plurality of service applications;

for each service application of the plurality of service applications;

prompting, by the connection management application module, a user to select a specified network link from all supported network links for the service application, and

receiving, by the connection management application module the specified network link selected by the user;

for each specified network link;

searching for, by the connection management application module, an IP address of the specified network link;

transmitting, by the connection management application module, the SOCKET identifier of the service application corresponding to the specified network link, the IP address of the specified network link, and a link modification instruction to the TCP/IP protocol stack,

finding, by the TCP/IP protocol stack, a SOCKET file description information of a process where the service application corresponding to the specified network link is located, according to the SOCKET identifier of the service application corresponding to the specified network link, wherein when the SOCKET file description information is not found in a current process, the SOCKET file description information is searched for on other processes by traversing all processes on the operating system, and

modifying an existing source IP address included in the SOCKET file description information into the IP address of the specified network link according to the link modification instruction for transmitting and receiving the packet data through the specified network link;

transmitting and receiving, by the plurality of service applications, packet data on the specified network links for each of the plurality of service applications at the same time.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein, the step of searching for the IP address of the specified network link for each of the plurality of service applications comprises:

searching for the IP address of the specified network link for each of the service applications according to quintuple information corresponding to the SOCKET identifier from a pre-stored correspondence relation between quintuple information corresponding to the SOCKET identifiers and the specified network links.

3. An apparatus for transmitting packet data in a plurality of co-existed network links by a terminal which comprises an operating system, comprising a connection management application module and the operating system comprises a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) protocol stack, wherein,

the connection management application module is configured to:

obtain a SOCKET identifier which is created for each service application of a plurality of service applications,

for each service application of the plurality of service applications;

give a prompt for a user to select a specified network link from all supported network links for the service application, and

receive the specified network link selected by the user, and

for each specified network link;

search for an IP address of the specified network link, and

transmit the SOCKET identifier of the service application corresponding to the specified network link, the IP address of the specified network link, and a link modification instruction to the TCP/IP protocol stack;

the TCP/IP protocol stack is configured to, for each specified network link;

find a SOCKET file description information of a process where the service application corresponding to the specified network link is located, according to the SOCKET identifier of the service application corresponding to the specified network link, wherein when the SOCKET file description information is not found in a current process, the SOCKET file description information is searched for on other processes by traversing all processes on the operating system, and

modify an existing source IP address included in the SOCKET file description information into the IP address of the specified network link according to the link modification instruction for transmitting and receiving the packet data of the service application through the specified network link; and

the plurality of service applications are configured to transmit and receive the packet data on the specified network links at the same time.

4. The apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising a storage module, wherein,

the storage module is configured to store a correspondence relation between quintuple information corresponding to the SOCKET identifiers and specified network links;

the connection management application module is further configured to search for the IP address of the specified network link for each of the service applications by a following mode;

searching for the IP address of the network link of the service application according to the quintuple information corresponding to the SOCKET identifiers from the correspondence relation in the storage module.