Method, apparatus and system for virtual network configuration and partition handover

• US 8,649,292 B2
• Filed: 05/28/2010
• Issued: 02/11/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Zheng, Ruobin
• Primary Examiner(s): Ferris, Derrick
• Assistant Examiner(s): Acolatse, Kodzovi
• Application Number:
  US12/789,916
• Publication Number:
  US 20100238837A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,355 Days
• Field of Search: 370/254, 370/310
• US Class Current: 370/254
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2876 Handling of subscriber policies group policies management H04L41/0893
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/4645 Details on frame tagging routing of packets H04L45/00; support for virtual LAN H04L49/354
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/4679 Arrangements for the registration or de-registration of VLAN attribute values, e.g. VLAN identifiers, port VLAN membership
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0895 Configuration of virtualised networks or elements, e.g. virtualised network function or OpenFlow elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/342 between virtual entities, e.g. orchestrators, SDN or NFV entities

Abstract

A method, apparatus and system for virtual network configuration and partition handover are provided. The virtual network configuration method includes the following steps: The serving edge device obtains a target virtual network identifier and a corresponding interface identifier, uses the target virtual network identifier and the corresponding interface identifier to generate a Layer-2 Control (L2C) protocol packet, and sends out the L2C protocol packet; the communication proxy device that receives the L2C protocol packet obtains the target virtual network identifier and the corresponding interface identifier from the L2C protocol packet, and sets up a mapping relation between a target virtual network and an interface.

Claims

1. A virtual network configuration method, comprising:

obtaining, by a serving edge device, a port corresponding to a user from an authentication process of the user;

after completing the authentication process for the user, obtaining, by a serving edge device, a user profile of the user from an authentication result, wherein the user profile includes a target virtual local area network (VLAN) identifier (VID), and wherein the serving edge device is configured to process Open Systems Interconnect (OSI) layer 3 packets;

after completing the authentication process for the user, setting up, by the serving edge device, a mapping relation between the port and the target VID;

after completing the authentication process for the user, sending, by the serving edge device, the mapping relation to an Access Node through a Layer-2 Control (L2C) protocol packet, wherein the Access Node is positioned between the serving edge device and a residential gateway; and

obtaining, by the Access Node, the mapping relation between the target VID and the port by parsing the L2C protocol packet; and

recording, by the Access Node, the mapping relation,

wherein the process of setting up the mapping between the target VID and the port comprises;

deleting, by the Access Node, a physical port from a first physical port partition list corresponding to a current VID; and

adding the physical port to a second physical port partition list corresponding to the target VID, and

wherein the first physical port partition list and the second physical port partition list are divided according to different Internet service providers.

2. The configuration method of claim 1, wherein the process of setting up the mapping between the target VID and the port comprises:

deleting, by the Access Node, a virtual port from a virtual port partition list corresponding to a current VID; and

modifying information about a mapping between a physical port partition list corresponding to the target VID and the virtual port partition list.

3. The configuration method of claim 1 wherein the process of setting up the mapping between the target VID and the port comprises:

deleting, by the Access Node, a virtual port from a virtual port partition list corresponding to a current VID; and

modifying information about a mapping between a physical port partition list corresponding to the target VID and the virtual port partition list.

4. The configuration method of claim 1 further comprising authenticating, by the serving edge device, the user in the authentication process.

5. A communication system, comprising:

a serving edge device that is configured to;

authenticate a user during an authentication process;

obtain a port corresponding to the user from the authentication process of the user;

obtain a user profile from an authentication result after the user is authenticated successfully, wherein the serving edge device is configured to process Open Systems Interconnect (OSI) layer 3 packets, and wherein the user profile includes a target virtual local area network (VLAN) identifier (VID);

set up a mapping relation between the port and the target VID after the user is authenticated; and

send the mapping relation to an Access Node through a Layer-2 Control (L2C) protocol packet,

wherein the Access Node is positioned between the serving edge device and a residential gateway, and

wherein the Access Node is configured to;

receive the L2C protocol packet;

obtain the mapping relation between the target VID and the port by parsing the L2C protocol packet;

delete the port from a first physical port partition list corresponding to a current VID;

add the port to a second physical port partition list corresponding to the target VID; and

record the mapping relation,

wherein the first physical port partition list and the second physical port partition list are divided according to different Internet service providers, and

wherein the mapping relation is sent to the Access Node through the L2C protocol packet after completing the authentication process used to authenticate the user.

6. The communication system of claim 5, wherein the Access Node is also configured to delete the port from a virtual port partition list corresponding to a current VID and modify information about a mapping between a physical port partition list corresponding to the target VID and the virtual port partition list.

7. The communication system of claim 5, wherein the Access Node is also configured to delete the port from a virtual port partition list corresponding to a current VID and modify information corresponding to a mapping between a physical port partition list corresponding to the target VID and the virtual port partition list.