Access method and apparatus for multi-protocol label switching layer 2 virtual private network

• US 8,958,431 B2
• Filed: 03/14/2011
• Issued: 02/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Zhang, Junhui
• Primary Examiner(s): Phillips, Hassan
• Assistant Examiner(s): FOUD, HICHAM B
• Application Number:
  US13/583,627
• Publication Number:
  US 20120327944A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,436 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 370/401
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/4629 using multilayer switching, e.g. layer 3 switching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/00 Routing or path finding of packets in data switching networks routing or path finding in wireless networks H04W40/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/50 using label swapping, e.g. multi-protocol label switch [MPLS]

Abstract

An access method and apparatus for a MPLS L2VPN are described. The method includes that a customer side and a network side sends their respective message to an operator routing equipment, set the access types of the messages to be mapped to virtual ports, and respectively allocate their respective Source Virtual Ports (SVP) and Destination Virtual Ports (DVP) to each access, and establish a data forwarding channel of the MPLS L2VPN by respectively establishing connection from their own SVP to the DVP of the opposite side. With the disclosure, various access modes are uniformly mapped to virtual ports, and then the MPLS L2VPN is accessed; furthermore, forwarding can be performed based on a Virtual Switch Interface (VSI) and virtual ports.

Claims

1. An access method for a Multi-protocol Label Switching Layer 2 Virtual Private Network (MPLS L2VPN), comprising:

making, by a customer side and a network side, their respective messages access operator routing equipment, setting access types of the messages to be mapped to virtual ports, and respectively allocating their respective Source Virtual Ports (SVP) and Destination Virtual Ports (DVP) to each access; and

establishing, by the customer side and the network side, a data forwarding channel of the MPLS L2VPN by establishing connection from their respective SVPs to DVPs of opposite sides.

2. The access method according to claim 1, wherein the establishing, by the customer side and the network side, a data forwarding channel of the MPLS L2VPN by establishing connection from their respective SVPs to DVPs of opposite sides comprises:

when the customer side and the network side determine that the MPLS L2VPN accessed through the virtual ports is a Virtual Private Wire Service (VPWS) network, establishing, by the customer side and the network side, a data forwarding channel of the VPWS network by establishing connection from their respective SVPs to the DVPs of the opposite sides.

3. The access method according to claim 2, wherein

the SVP is used for receiving the messages, and the DVP is used for sending the messages.

4. The access method according to claim 1, wherein the establishing, by the customer side and the network side, a data forwarding channel of the MPLS L2VPN by establishing connection from their respective SVPs to DVPs of opposite sides comprises:

when the customer side and the network side determine that the MPLS L2VPN accessed through the virtual ports is a Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) network, establishing a Virtual Switch Interface (VSI), associating the virtual ports of the customer side and the network side with the VSI, and establishing, by the customer side and the network side, a data forwarding channel of the VPLS network by establishing connection from their respective SVPs to the DVPs of the opposite sides.

5. The access method according to claim 4, wherein

the SVP is used for receiving the messages, and the DVP is used for sending the messages.

6. The access method according to claim 1, wherein

the access type of the message of the customer side is Port, or Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN), or QinQ, or Port and VLAN, or Port and QinQ, or VLAN and QinQ;

and

the access type of the message of the network side is Label or Port.

7. The access method according to claim 6, wherein

the SVP is used for receiving the messages, and the DVP is used for sending the messages.

8. The access method according to claim 1, wherein

the SVP is used for receiving the messages, and the DVP is used for sending the messages.

9. An access apparatus for a Multi-protocol Label Switching Layer 2 Virtual Private Network (MPLS L2VPN), comprising a control module and a connection establishing module, wherein

the control module is configured to respectively make a message of a customer side and a message of a network side access operator routing equipment, set access types of the messages to be mapped to virtual ports, allocate respective Source Virtual Ports (SVP) and Destination Virtual Ports (DVP) of the customer side and the network side to each access, and send information of the virtual ports after allocation to the connection establishing module;

and

the connection establishing module is configured to establish a data forwarding channel of the MPLS L2VPN by respectively establishing connection from the SVP of the customer side to the DVP of the network side and connection from the SVP of the network side to the DVP of the customer side, according to the information of the virtual ports after allocation which is sent by the control module.

10. The access apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the connection establishing module is configured to establish a data forwarding channel of the MPLS L2VPN by respectively establishing connection from the SVP of the customer side to the DVP of the network side and connection from the SVP of the network side to the DVP of the customer side, which refers to that:

when the connection establishing module determines that the MPLS L2VPN accessed by the customer side and the network side through the virtual ports is a Virtual Private Wire Service (VPWS) network, the customer side and the network side establish a data forwarding channel of the VPWS network by establishing connection from their respective SVPs to the DVPs of opposite sides.

11. The access apparatus according to claim 10, wherein

the SVP set by the control module is used for receiving the messages, and the DVP set by the control module is used for sending the messages.

12. The access apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the connection establishing module is configured to establish a data forwarding channel of the MPLS L2VPN by respectively establishing connection from the SVP of the customer side to the DVP of the network side and connection from the SVP of the network side to the DVP of the customer side, which refers to that:

when the connection establishing module determines that the MPLS L2VPN accessed by the customer side and the network side through the virtual ports is a Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) network, a Virtual Switch Interface (VSI) is established, the virtual ports of the customer side and the network side are associated with the VSI, and the customer side and the network side establish a data forwarding channel of the VPLS network by establishing connection from their respective SVPs to the DVPs of opposite sides.

13. The access apparatus according to claim 12, wherein

the SVP set by the control module is used for receiving the messages, and the DVP set by the control module is used for sending the messages.

14. The access apparatus according to claim 9, wherein

the access type of the message of the customer side, which is set by the control is module, is Port, or VLAN, or QinQ, or Port and VLAN, or Port and QinQ, or VLAN and QinQ;

and

the access type of the message of the network side, which is set by the control module, is Label or Port.

15. The access apparatus according to claim 14, wherein

the SVP set by the control module is used for receiving the messages, and the DVP set by the control module is used for sending the messages.

16. The access apparatus according to claim 9, wherein

the SVP set by the control module is used for receiving the messages, and the DVP set by the control module is used for sending the messages.