Reducing CC message transmission in a provider network
First Claim
1. A method for reducing a number of CC (Connectivity Check) messages transmitted in a provider network, wherein a first customer network element is coupled with a second customer network element through the provider network, wherein the provider network includes a first service provider network element coupled with a second service provider network element, the method comprising:
- receiving a plurality of first CC messages from the first customer network element at a first periodicity rate at the first service provider network element, wherein the plurality of first CC messages are destined for the second customer network element and are associated with the first customer network element; and
transmitting a set of one or more second CC messages to the second service provider network element through the provider network at a second periodicity rate, wherein the second periodicity rate is smaller than the first periodicity rate, wherein the set of second CC messages are each associated with the first customer network element, and wherein each of the set of second CC messages includes a repeat count value that indicates a number of CC messages associated with the first customer network element that the second service provider network element is to transmit to the second customer network element at the first periodicity rate.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for reducing the number of CC messages transmitted in a provider network. In one embodiment of the invention, a first service provider network element receives CC messages from a first customer network at a first periodicity rate. The first service provider network element stores the received CC messages and reduces the first periodicity rate to create a second periodicity rate that is smaller than the first periodicity rate. The first service provider network element transmits CC messages to a second service provider network element through the provider network at the second periodicity rate. Other methods and apparatus are also described.
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13 Claims
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1. A method for reducing a number of CC (Connectivity Check) messages transmitted in a provider network, wherein a first customer network element is coupled with a second customer network element through the provider network, wherein the provider network includes a first service provider network element coupled with a second service provider network element, the method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of first CC messages from the first customer network element at a first periodicity rate at the first service provider network element, wherein the plurality of first CC messages are destined for the second customer network element and are associated with the first customer network element; and transmitting a set of one or more second CC messages to the second service provider network element through the provider network at a second periodicity rate, wherein the second periodicity rate is smaller than the first periodicity rate, wherein the set of second CC messages are each associated with the first customer network element, and wherein each of the set of second CC messages includes a repeat count value that indicates a number of CC messages associated with the first customer network element that the second service provider network element is to transmit to the second customer network element at the first periodicity rate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A service provider network element to reduce a number of CC (Connectivity Check) messages transmitted in a provider network, comprising:
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an ingress service delimiting module including, a CCM (Connectivity Check Message) module to perform the following; receive CC messages from a first customer network element destined for a second customer network element at a first periodicity rate and store those CC messages in a CCM data structure, reduce the first periodicity rate to create a second periodicity rate, wherein the second periodicity rate is smaller than the first periodicity rate, and add a repeat count value to a set of one or more of the received CC messages that indicates a number of CC messages associated with the first customer network element that a different service provider network element is to transmit to the second customer network element at the first periodicity rate, and a memory coupled with the CCM module, the memory to store the CCM data structure; and a transport module coupled with the ingress service delimiting module, the transport module to transmit the set of CC messages to the different service provider network element at the second periodicity rate. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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7. A service provider network element to process CC (Connectivity Check) messages, comprising:
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an egress service delimiting module including, a CCM (Connectivity Check Message) module to receive CC messages transmitted from another service provider network element that are associated with a first customer network element and destined for a second customer network element and to store those CC messages in a CCM data structure, wherein each received CC message includes a first periodicity rate and a repeat count value, wherein each received CC message is received at a second periodicity rate that is lower than the first periodicity rate, wherein the CCM module further is to create a number of CC messages from the CCM data structure according to the repeat count value and cause those created CC messages to be transmitted at the first periodicity rate, and a memory coupled with the CCM module, the CCM module to store the CCM data structure; and a transport module coupled with the egress service delimiting module, the transport module to transmit the created CC messages to the second customer network element. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A method in a first service provider network element, wherein the first service provider network element is coupled with a second service provider network element that itself is coupled with a first customer network element, and wherein the first service provider network element is coupled with a second customer network element, the method comprising:
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receiving a first CC (Connectivity Check) message from the second service provider network element, the first CC message being associated with the first customer network element and destined for the second customer network element, the first CC message including a periodicity rate and a repeat count value; and in response to receiving the first CC message, transmitting a plurality of CC messages associated with the first customer network element to the second customer network element at the periodicity rate included in the first CC message, wherein a number of the plurality of CC messages transmitted to the second customer network element is based on the repeat count value included in the first CC message. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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