METHOD FOR TESTING THE SERVICE PERFORMANCE OF THE FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL

• US 20080172457A1
• Filed: 02/29/2008
• Published: 07/17/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/31/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Zhang, Jian, Chen, Hongfei
• Application Number:
  US12/040,599
• Publication Number:
  US 20080172457A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5009 Determining service level performance parameters or violations of service level contracts, e.g. violations of agreed response time or mean time between failures [MTBF]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5096 wherein the managed service relates to distributed or central networked applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0829 Packet loss
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0852 Delays
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/18 Protocol analysers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/50 Testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226

Abstract

A method for testing the service performance of the file transfer protocol in an IPv6 network, the network, including having a client and a server. The method includes the steps of (a) the client transmits a test connection request to the server to establish a connection controlled by the file transfer protocol, (b) after receiving the test connection request, the server establishes the connection controlled by the file transfer protocol, and (c) a connection is established by the server between the client and the server to transfer the test file and perform the performance test of the file transfer protocol. The server can transfer the detecting message for the file transfer protocol in the application layer between nodes in the file transfer protocol network, thereby realizing the detecting and the monitoring in the file transfer protocol. A service performance condition of the file transfer protocol of the network can be instantly detected. Once an abnormity occurs, it can be discovered instantly, and solved by the user, so that the network provides a guarantee of reliability.

Claims

1. A method for measuring service performance of the file transfer protocol, the method being applicable in an IPv6 network comprising a client and a server and comprising the steps of:

sending, by the client, to the server a measurement request for establishing control connection of the file transfer protocol;

establishing, by the server, the control connection of the file transfer protocol upon reception of the measurement request from the client; and

establishing data connection and transferring a measurement file between the client and the server to measure service performance indexes and service availability parameters of the file transfer protocol.

2. The method for measuring service performance of the file transfer protocol according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

initiating, by the server, service of the file transfer protocol;

configuring a measurement user account of the file transfer protocol;

setting a path authorized for the measurement user account; and

configuring, by the client, a service performance measurement task of file transfer protocol,

wherein the sending to the server the measurement request for establishing the control connection of the file transfer protocol is in accordance with the configuration.

3. The method for measuring service performance of the file transfer protocol according to claim 2, wherein the service performance measurement task comprises the steps of setting a start/end time of a measurement, a period and a frequency of the measurement, the measurement user account of the file transfer protocol, an operation type of the file transfer protocol, a measurement file for measurement operation of the file transfer protocol, and a network address of the server of the file transfer protocol.

4. The method for measuring service performance of the file transfer protocol according to claim 2, further comprising:

after receiving, by the server, the measurement request from the client, and before establishing the control connection of the file transfer protocol, instructing, by the server, the client to provide the measure user account for authentication;

providing, by the client, the server with the measure user account configured for authentication, wherein the establishing, by the server, the control connection of the file transfer protocol is after passing authentication.

5. The method for measuring service performance of the file transfer protocol according to claim 1, wherein in the establishing step, the data connection is established as prescribed in RFC2428 by using EPRT or EPSV.

6. The method for measuring service performance of the file transfer protocol according to claim 1, further comprising;

after the measurement is completed, sending, by the client, to the server a request for terminating the control connection of the file transfer protocol; and

acknowledging, by the server, the termination request, and terminating the control connection.

7. The method for measuring service performance of the file transfer protocol according to claim 6, further comprising recording, analyzing and storing, by the client, measurement data acquired from the measurement after the control connection is terminated.

8. The method for measuring service performance of the file transfer protocol according to claim 6, further comprising:

after the control connection is terminated, recording, by the client, a result corresponding to the measurement, and awaiting the next measurement, if the client receives no response from the server within a prescribed period of time or receives a response with an error or a connection denial from the server within a prescribed period of time.

9. The method for measuring service performance of the file transfer protocol according to claim 1, wherein measurement between the client and the server is conducted in a way of point-to-point, point-to-multipoint, multipoint-to-point, or multipoint-to-multipoint.

10. The method for measuring service performance of the file transfer protocol according to claim 1, wherein the client or the server is a router or a layer-2/layer-3 switch.

11. The method for measuring service performance of the file transfer protocol according to claim 1, wherein the service performance indexes of the file transfer protocol comprise Packet Throughput of the file transfer protocol, Service Response Delay of the file transfer protocol, Service Authentication Delay of the file transfer protocol, Data Transfer Delay of the file transfer protocol, Control Service Delay of the file transfer protocol, and Data Service Delay of the file transfer protocol.

12. The method for measuring service performance of the file transfer protocol according to claim 1, wherein the service availability parameters of the file transfer protocol comprise Control Connection Establishment Success Ratio of the file transfer protocol, Data Connection Establishment Success Ratio of the file transfer protocol, Service Success Ratio of the file transfer protocol, and Service Availability of the file transfer protocol.