Mobile Node Mapping Information Update Triggering Method, MS and MN

• US 20150236954A1
• Filed: 12/05/2012
• Published: 08/20/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Cheng, Li, Sun, Mo
• Application Number:
  US14/434,521
• Publication Number:
  US 20150236954A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/741 Routing in networks with a plurality of addressing schemes, e.g. with both IPv4 and IPv6
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/742 Route cache; Operation thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/12 Avoiding congestion; Recovering from congestion
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/103 across network layers, e.g. resolution of network layer into physical layer addresses or address resolution protocol [ARP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management

Abstract

A mobile node mapping information update triggering method, information reporting method, mapping server and mobile node, applied to a Locator/Identifier Separation Protocol (LISP) network, wherein the mobile node mapping information update triggering method comprises: a mapping server (MS) receiving a mapping registration message for updating mapping information transmitted by a MN attached to the MS; the MS acquiring the information of a communication peer, and according to the information of the communication peer, transmitting a mapping update message to a peer mapping cache device corresponding to the communication peer of the MN, thus triggering the peer mapping cache device to update the cached mapping information. In the abovementioned solution, it overcomes the problem that the mobile node has to bear a large amount of signaling overheads in order to update the peer cache.

Claims

1. A mobile node (MN) mapping information update triggering method, applied to a locator/identifier separation protocol (LISP) network, wherein, said method comprising:

a mapping server (MS) receiving a mapping registration message sent by a MN attached to said MS for updating mapping information;

said MS acquiring information of a communication peer, and according to the information of said communication peer, sending a mapping update message to a peer mapping cache device corresponding to said MN'"'"'s communication peer node to trigger said peer mapping cache device to update cached mapping information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein,

said communication peer comprises said peer mapping cache device;

the information of said communication peer comprises locator information of said peer mapping cache device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein,

before said MS receives said mapping registration message sent by said MN attached to said MS for updating said mapping information, said method further comprises:

said MS receiving said communication peer'"'"'s information reported by said MN;

said MS establishing and maintaining a communication peer table storing the information of said communication peer;

said MS acquiring the information of said communication peer, comprises;

said MS obtaining the information of said communication peer from said communication peer table.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein,

said MS acquiring the information of said communication peer comprises:

said MS acquiring the information of said communication peer from said mapping registration message.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein,

said MS maintaining said communication peer table storing the information of said communication peer comprises:

said MS presetting a time value for each entry in said communication peer table and deleting said entry when living time of the entry exceeds said time value;

wherein, said time value is larger than a time interval of reporting the information of said communication peer;

preferably, wherein,

said MS maintaining said communication peer table storing the information of said communication peer further comprises;

said MS finding out that said MN is offline or shuts down, then deleting the mapping information registered by said MN, and also deleting said communication peer table maintained for said MN.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein,

said MS maintaining said communication peer table storing the information of said communication peer further comprises:

said MS comparing received information of a current communication peer with the entries in said communication peer table, if there is no duplicate entry, establishing a new entry in said communication peer table, and writing the information of said current communication peer into said new entry;

if there is a duplicate entry, resetting said time value to an initial value.

7. (canceled)

8. An information report method, applied to a Locator/Identifier Separation Protocol (LISP) network, wherein, said method comprises:

a mobile node (MN), after receiving a data packet transmitted by a communication peer node of said MN, extracting information of said communication peer from said data packet;

said MN reporting the information of said communication peer to a mapping server (MS) corresponding to said MN.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein,

said communication peer comprises a peer mapping cache device corresponding to said communication peer node of said MN;

the information of said communication peer comprises a locator information of said peer mapping cache device.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein,

after said MN extracts the information of said communication peer from said data packet, said method further comprises:

said MN comparing the information of said communication peer with entries in said established peer information table, and if said entries do not have the information of said communication peer, creating a new entry in said peer information table, and adding the information of said communication peer into said new entry.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein,

said MN reporting the information of said communication peer to said MS comprises:

said MN regularly reporting the information of said communication peer to said MS;

or

after said mapping information changes, said MN reporting the information of said communication peer to said MS.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein,

said MN reporting the information of said communication peer to said MS comprises:

said MN reporting the information of said communication peer to said MS in real time;

preferably, said method further comprises;

said MN setting a predetermined time interval for said entries in said peer information table, and if said data packet sent by said MN'"'"'s communication end node corresponding to the current entry is not received within said predetermined time interval, deleting said current entry.

13. (canceled)

14. A mapping server (MS), applied to a Locator/Identifier Separation Protocol (LISP) network, wherein, said MS comprising:

a receiving module, set to;

receive a mapping registration message sent by a MN attached to said MS for updating a mapping information;

an update triggering module, set to;

acquire information of a communication peer, send a mapping update message to a peer mapping cache device corresponding to said MN'"'"'s communication peer node according to the information of said communication peer, and trigger said peer mapping cache device to update the cached mapping information.

15. The MS of claim 14, wherein,

said communication peer comprises said peer mapping cache device;

the information of said communication peer comprises a locator information of said peer mapping cache device.

16. The MS of claim 15, wherein, said MS further comprises an establishing and maintaining module;

said receiving module being further set to;

receive said communication peer'"'"'s information reported by said MN;

said establishing and maintaining module being set to;

establish and maintain a communication peer table storing the information of said communication peer;

said update triggering module being set to;

acquire information of said communication peer from said communication peer table.

17. The MS of claim 15, wherein,

said update triggering module is set to:

receive the information of said communication peer from said mapping registration message.

18. The MS of claim 16, wherein,

said establishing and maintaining module is set to:

preset a time value for each entry in said communication peer table, and when living time of the entry exceeds said time value, delete said entry;

wherein, said time value being larger than a time interval of reporting the information of said communication peer;

preferably, said establishing and maintaining module is further set to;

when finding out that said MN is offline or shuts down, delete the mapping information registered by said MN, and also delete said communication peer table maintained for said MN.

19. The MS of claim 18, wherein,

said establishing and maintaining module is further set to:

compare the received information of the current communication peer with the entries in said communication peer table, if there is no a duplicate entry, create a new entry in said communication peer table, and write the information of said current communication peer into said new entry;

if there is a duplicate entry, reset said time value to an initial value.

20. (canceled)

21. A mobile node (MN), applied to a Locator/Identifier Separation Protocol (LISP) network, wherein, said MN comprises:

an extracting module, set to;

after receiving a data packet transmitted by a communication peer node of said MN, extract information of said communication peer from said data packet;

a reporting module, set to;

report the information of said communication peer to a mapping server (MS) corresponding to said MN.

22. The MN of claim 21, wherein,

said communication peer comprises a peer mapping cache device corresponding to the communication peer node of said MN;

the information of said communication peer comprises a locator information of said peer mapping cache device.

23. The MN of claim 21, wherein,

said reporting module is set to:

real-time or regularly report the information of said communication peer to said MS;

or, after said mapping information changes, report the information of said communication peer to said MS.