Method, device, and system for message distribution

• US 8,856,243 B2
• Filed: 10/14/2010
• Issued: 10/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2008
• 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: Li, Yimin, Chen, Shengping
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Phuoc
• Assistant Examiner(s): ZAND, DAVOUD AMAN
• Application Number:
  US12/904,850
• Publication Number:
  US 20110029631A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,454 Days
• Field of Search: 709/204, 709/206, 379/93.01
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/125 by balancing the load, e.g. traffic engineering
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1001 for accessing one among a plurality of replicated servers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1027 Persistence of sessions during load balancing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1034 Reaction to server failures by a load balancer
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/141 Setup of application sessions admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/18 Multiprotocol handlers, e.g. single devices capable of handling multiple protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/16 Gateway arrangements

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a message distribution method, device, and system. A message distribution method includes: creating a session based on a received first type of session message and allocating a corresponding cluster node to the session; and upon receiving a second type of session message associated with the session, distributing the second type of session message to the cluster node corresponding to the session. With the technical solution according to the embodiments of the invention, both the first type of session message and the second type of session message may be processed on the same cluster node, smooth and dynamic capacity expansion may be achieved for the cluster, the system performance may be enhanced, and system maintenance may be facilitated.

Claims

1. A method for message distribution, comprising:

extracting, by a load balance (LB) device, a first ID from a first type of session message, wherein the first ID is a terminal number of a first terminal transmitting or receiving the first type of session message;

creating a session by using the first ID as a key word, and holding the session;

allocating a cluster node corresponding to the session;

distributing the first type of session message to a User Information Database (UIDB) in the cluster node corresponding to the session;

upon receiving a second type of session message, extracting, by the LB device, a second ID from the second type of session message, wherein the first type of session message is a session control message and the second type of session message is a session traffic message;

determining, according to the second ID, whether the second type of session message is associated with the session created by using the first ID, wherein the determining comprises;

extracting a third ID from the first type of session message, the third ID being the IP address of the first terminal transmitting or receiving the first type of session message, and creating a correspondence relationship between the IP address and the terminal number;

upon receiving the second type of session message, extracting the second ID from the type of session message, the second ID being the IP address of a second terminal transmitting or receiving the second type of session message;

based on the correspondence relationship between the IP address and the terminal number, searching for a terminal number corresponding to the second ID;

determining whether the found terminal number is same as the key word for creating the session; and

if the found terminal number is same as the key word, associating the second type of session message with the session; and

distributing the second type of session message to a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) Gateway (GW) in the cluster node corresponding to the session when the second type of session message is associated with the session.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein determining, according to the second ID, whether the second type of session message is associated with the session created by using the first ID comprises:

determining whether the second ID is same as the key word for creating the session; and

if the second ID is same as the key word, associating the second type of session message with the session.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the first ID is the Internet Protocol (IP) address of a first terminal transmitting or receiving the first type of session message and the second ID is the IP address of a second terminal transmitting or receiving the second type of session message.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

detecting whether the cluster node has a fault; and

if the cluster node has a fault, creating another session based on the second type of session message and allocating another corresponding non-fault cluster node to the session.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting at least one of the first type of session message and the second type of session message to a backup node that backs up the session information in at least one of the first type of session message and the second type of session message.

6. A load balance device, comprising:

a preprocessing unit configured to create a session based on a received first type of session message;

allocate a corresponding cluster node to the session and distributing the first type of session message to a User Information Database (UIDB) in the cluster node corresponding to the session, wherein the first ID is a terminal number of a first terminal transmitting or receiving the first type of session message; and

a distribution unit configured to;

upon receiving a second type of session message associated with the session, distribute the second type of session message to a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) Gateway (GW) in the cluster node corresponding to the session, wherein the second ID is the IP address of a second terminal transmitting or receiving the second type of session message,

wherein the preprocessing unit comprises;

a first extraction module configured to extract a first ID from the first type of session message;

a creation module configured to create the session by using the first ID as a key word, and hold the session;

an allocation module, configured to allocate a corresponding cluster node to the session and distributing the first type of session message to the UIDB in the cluster node corresponding to the session;

a third extraction module configured to extract a third ID from the first type of session message, the third ID being the IP address of a first terminal transmitting or receiving the first type of session message; and

a relationship module configured to create a correspondence relationship between the IP address of the first terminal transmitting or receiving the first type of message and the terminal number;

wherein the distribution unit comprises;

a receiving module configured to receive a second type of session message, wherein the first type of session message is a session control message and the second type of session message is a session traffic message;

a second extraction module configured to extract a second ID from the second type of session message;

a determination module configured to determine, according to the second ID, whether the second type of session message is associated with the session created by using the first ID; and

a transmission module configured to distribute the second type of session message associated with the session to the WAP GW in the cluster node corresponding to the session when the determination module determines that the second type of session message is associated with the session; and

a searching module configured to;

based on the correspondence relationship in the relationship module, search for a terminal number corresponding to the second ID; and

wherein the determination module is configured to determine whether the terminal number is same as the key word for creating the session, wherein the second type of session message is associated with the session if the terminal number is same as the key word.

7. The device according to claim 6, wherein the determination module configured to determine whether the second ID is same as the key word for creating the session, wherein the second type of session message is associated with the session if the second ID is same as the key word.

8. The device according to claim 7, wherein the first ID is the IP address of a first terminal transmitting or receiving the first type of session message and the second ID is the IP address of a second terminal transmitting or receiving the second type of session message.

9. The device according to claim 6, further comprising:

a fault detection unit configured to detect whether the cluster node has a fault, and if the cluster node has a fault, trigger the preprocessing unit to create another session based on the second type of session message and allocate another corresponding non-fault cluster node to the session.

10. The device according to claim 6, further comprising:

a backup unit configured to transmit the first type of session message or the second type of session message to a backup node so as to back up the session information in the first type of session message or the second type of session message.

11. The device according to any one of claim 6, wherein the first type of session message is a session control message and the second type of session message is a session traffic message.