Communications method and system for communications of network accessing equipment

• US 9,497,111 B2
• Filed: 08/04/2011
• Issued: 11/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Qiantang Network Technology Company, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Beijing Qiantang Network Technology Company, Ltd.
• Inventors: Lu, Dorian, Yang, Carl
• Primary Examiner(s): Beharry, Noel
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mak, Rodrick
• Application Number:
  US13/814,732
• Publication Number:
  US 20130188519A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,930 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/437 Ring fault isolation or reconfiguration for SDH/SONET ring networks H04J3/085
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/6418 Hybrid transport
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/306 Route determination based on the nature of the carried application

Abstract

A method for communication link for an access network device. The access network device comprises: a node server, an access switch, and a terminal. The method comprises: the node server requesting for a protocol packet on the basis of a service initiated by the source terminal; acquiring a piece of communication link information of the current service, and the communication link information comprises a piece of communication port information for the node server and the access switch involved in the current service; on the basis of the communication port information for the node server, the node server setting up within an internal data packet address table the port directed by the data packet of the current service; on the basis of the communication port information for the access switch, transmitting to the corresponding accessing switch a port configuration command; on the basis of the port configuration command, the accessing switch setting up the port directed by the data packet of the current service within an internal data packet address table. By means of the present invention, the stability of a transmission channel is ensured, thereby avoiding delays for multimedia services.

Claims

1. A communication connection method for an access network device, wherein the access network device comprises a node server, an access switch and a terminal, and the method comprises:

acquiring, by the node server, a service request initiated by a source terminal comprising a unicast communication service request and communication link information of current service according to a service request protocol packet initiated by the source terminal by;

obtaining, by the node server, the service request protocol packet initiated by the source terminal for establishing unicast communication service with a target terminal, wherein the service request protocol packet includes service type information, service content information and an access network address of the source terminal, wherein the service content information includes a service number;

extracting, by the node server, an access network address of the target terminal from a preset content-address mapping table according to the service number;

acquiring, by the node server, the communication link information of the current service according to the service type information, the access network address of the source terminal and the access network address of the target terminal; and

wherein the communication link information is unidirectional communication link information or bidirectional communication link information and comprises communication port information of the access switch which participates in the current service; and

determining, by the node server, that a data packet address table set currently is a unicast data packet address table according to the service type information;

transmitting, by the node server, a port configuration command to the corresponding access switch according to the communication port information of the access switch; and

setting, by the access switch, in its internal data packet address table, a port to which a data packet of the current service is oriented, according to the port configuration command, wherein the internal data packet address table of the access switch comprises a unicast data packet address table; and

setting, by the node server, in its internal data packet address table, a port to which the data packet of the current service is oriented; and

wherein if the source terminal and a target terminal being connected to a same access switch, the node server configures a data packet orientation port of the access switch, and does not configure a data packet orientation port of the node server, and when a service communication being carried out between the source terminal and the target terminal being connected to the same access switch, the access switch transmits a data packet via a corresponding downlink port of the access switch according to settings of the internal data packet address table of the access switch, without transmitting the data packet to the node server.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of acquiring, by the node server, the communication link information of the current service further comprises:

transmitting, by the node server, a menu protocol packet to the source terminal and the target terminal; and

receiving a reply protocol packet transmitted from the target terminal for the menu protocol packet; and

the step of acquiring, by the node server, the communication link information of the current service further comprises;

orienting the menu protocol packet to the source terminal according to settings of a preset protocol packet address table in an access switch between the node server and the source terminal; and

orienting the menu protocol packet to the target terminal according to settings of a preset protocol packet address table in an access switch between the node server and the target terminal;

wherein the protocol packet address table is set with a CPU module, to which a protocol packet with a destination address being an access network address of the current access switch is oriented, and a port, to which a protocol packet with a destination address being an address of another access network device is oriented.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the port, to which a unicast data packet of the current service is oriented and which is set by the node server in its internal unicast data packet address table, comprises:

a downlink port to which a unicast data packet with a destination address being the source terminal is oriented; and

a downlink port to which a unicast data packet with a destination address being the target terminal is oriented;

when the communication link information is unidirectional communication link information, the communication port information of the access switch comprises uplink port information of the access switch in an uplink and downlink port information of the access switch in a downlink;

the port, to which the unicast data packet of the current service is oriented and which is set by the access switch in its internal unicast data packet address table according to the port configuration command, comprises;

an uplink port of the access switch in the uplink and a downlink port of the access switch in the downlink to which a unicast data packet with a destination address being the target terminal is oriented; and

when the communication link information is bidirectional communication link information, the communication port information of the access switch comprises uplink port and downlink port information of the access switch in an uplink and uplink port and downlink port information of the access switch in a downlink;

the port, to which the unicast data packet of the current service is oriented and which is set by the access switch in its internal unicast data packet address table according to the port configuration command, comprises;

an uplink port and a downlink port of the access switch in the uplink to which a unicast data packet with a destination address being the target terminal is oriented; and

an uplink port and a downlink port of the access switch in the downlink to which a unicast data packet with a destination address being the source terminal is oriented.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the service request initiated by the source terminal comprises a multicast communication service request, the data packet address table comprises a multicast data packet address table, and the step of acquiring, by the node server, the communication link information of the current service comprises:

obtaining, by the node server, a service request protocol packet initiated by the target terminal for requesting multicast communication service, wherein the service request protocol packet comprises service type information, service content information and an access network address of the target terminal, wherein the service content information comprises a service number;

extracting, by the node server, an access network address of the source terminal from a preset content-address mapping table according to the service number; and

acquiring, by the node server, a multicast address corresponding to the source terminal, and allocating the multicast address to the target terminal; and

acquiring the communication link information of the current multicast service according to the service type information, the access network address of the source terminal and the access network address of the target terminal.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the step of acquiring, by the node server, the communication link information of the current service further comprises:

obtaining, by the node server, a service request protocol packet submitted by the source terminal for initiating multicast communication service, and allocating a multicast address to the source terminal according to the service request protocol packet, wherein the service request protocol packet comprises service type information, service content information and an access network address of the source terminal, wherein the service content information comprises a service number; and

acquiring uplink communication link information of the current multicast service according to the service type information and the access network addresses of the node server and the source terminal; and

wherein the step of acquiring, by the node server, the communication link information of the current service further comprises;

acquiring downlink communication link information of the current multicast service according to the service type information and the access network addresses of the node server and the source terminal.

6. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

determining, by the node server, that the data packet address table set currently is a multicast data packet address table according to the service type information;

wherein the port, to which a multicast data packet of the current service is oriented and which is set by the node server in its internal multicast data packet address table, comprises;

a downlink port to which a multicast data packet with a destination address being the multicast address is oriented;

the communication port information of the access switch comprises uplink port information of the access switch in an uplink and downlink port information of the access switch in a downlink;

the port, to which a multicast data packet of the current service is oriented and which is set by the access switch in its internal multicast data packet address table according to the port configuration command, comprises;

an uplink port of the access switch in the uplink and a downlink port of the access switch in the downlink to which a multicast data packet with a destination address being the multicast address is oriented;

the communication port information of the access switch further comprises downlink port information of the access switch in an uplink;

the port, to which a multicast data packet of the current service is oriented and which is set by the access switch in its internal multicast data packet address table according to the port configuration command, comprises;

a downlink port of the access switch in the uplink to which a multicast data packet with a destination address being the multicast address is oriented; and

the port configuration command is recorded in a protocol packet, and the node server orients the protocol packet to a corresponding access switch by connecting to a downlink port of the corresponding access switch according to settings of a downlink protocol packet address table preset internally;

wherein the downlink protocol packet address table is set with a downlink port to which a protocol packet with a destination address being an address of a subordinate access network device is oriented.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of acquiring, by the node server, the communication link information of the current service further comprises:

if many pieces of communication link information of the current service are obtained, selecting, by the node server, one of the pieces of communication link information as the communication link information of the current service according to a preset rule,

wherein the preset rule is that the node server acquires flow information of each communication link and flow information of the current service, and determines the information of a communication link with the minimum flow used as the communication link information of the current service;

or

the preset rule is that the node server acquires bandwidth information of each communication link and bandwidth information of the current service, and determines the information of a communication link with the maximum bandwidth as the communication link information of the current service.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

releasing, by the node server, the port, to which the data packet of the current service is oriented and which is set in its internal data packet address table, after the current service is completed, and transmitting a port release command to the access switch that participates in the current service; and

releasing, by the access switch, the port, to which the data packet of the current service is oriented and which is set in its internal data packet address table, according to the port release command;

wherein the method further comprises;

transmitting, by the node server, a service ending command to the source terminal and/or the target terminal; and

ending, by the source terminal and/or the target terminal, the service processing according to the service ending command;

wherein the node server is further set with an address information table therein, wherein address occupation information, device identification information and device resource information are recorded in the address information table;

wherein the method further comprises;

modifying, by the node server, contents in the preset address information table, wherein the modifying comprises;

updating the address occupation information in the corresponding item of the released port as not occupied; and

updating the corresponding device identification information and device resource information.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

setting, by the access switch, a CPU module, to which all downlink protocol packets are oriented, in its internal downlink protocol packet address table when being powered on;

receiving, by the access switch, a downlink protocol packet transmitted from the node server and orienting the downlink protocol packet to the CPU module of the access switch according to settings of the downlink protocol packet address table; and

generating, by the CPU module, an uplink protocol packet and transmitting the uplink protocol packet to the node server, wherein the downlink protocol packet contains an access network address to be allocated;

transmitting, by the node server, a network access command to the access switch, wherein the network access command contains an access network address of the access switch, and the access network address is the access network address to be allocated in the downlink protocol packet received by the access switch; and

updating, by the access switch, its internal downlink protocol packet address table as that only a protocol packet with a destination address being its own access network address is oriented to the CPU module.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein when the access switch which has accessed the network receives a port allocation packet transmitted from the node server, the method further comprises:

orienting, by the access switch which has accessed the network, the port allocation packet with a destination address being its own access network address to the CPU module; and

setting, in its internal downlink protocol packet address table, a downlink port to which each port downlink protocol packet is oriented according to port allocation information in the packet; and

when the access switch which has accessed the network receives a port downlink protocol packet transmitted from the node server, the method further comprises;

orienting, by the access switch, the port downlink protocol packet to a corresponding downlink port according to settings of its internal downlink protocol packet address table, wherein the port downlink protocol packet contains an access network address to be allocated;

receiving, by the node server, a port uplink protocol packet transmitted from a certain subordinate access network device connected to a downlink port of the access switch, and transmitting a network access command to the subordinate access network device, wherein the network access command contains an access network address of the subordinate access network device, and the access network address is the access network address to be allocated in the port downlink protocol packet received by the subordinate access network device.

11. A communication connection system for an access network device, the access network device is located in a novel network, the novel network is a centrally controlled network, comprising a node server, an access switch, an address table configuration module, and a terminal, wherein the node server is a node, having a centralized control function, on an access network, and the node server can control the access switch and the terminal, wherein the access network device comprises a node server, an access switch and a terminal, and the node server comprises at least one processor,

wherein the at least one processor of the node server is configured to receive a service request initiated by a source terminal comprising a unicast communication service request according to a service request protocol packet initiated by the source terminal;

and to acquire communication link information of current service according to the service request protocol packet initiated by the source terminal by;

receiving the service request protocol packet initiated by the source terminal for establishing unicast communication service with a target terminal, wherein the service request protocol packet includes service type information, service content information and an access network address of the source terminal, wherein the service content information includes a service number;

extracting, by the node server, an access network address of the target terminal from a preset content-address mapping table according to the service number;

acquiring, by the node server, the communication link information of the current service according to the service type information, the access network address of the source terminal and the access network address of the target terminal; and

wherein the communication link information is unidirectional communication link information or bidirectional communication link information and comprises communication port information of the access switch which participates in the current service; and

wherein the at least one processor of the node server is further configured to transmit a port configuration command to the corresponding access switch according to the communication port information of the access switch and the address table configuration module is configured to set, in an internal data packet address table of the node server, a port to which the data packet of the current service is oriented; and

the access switch comprises at least one processor configured to set, in its internal data packet address table, a port to which a data packet of the current service is oriented, according to the port configuration command, wherein the internal data packet address table of the access switch comprises a unicast data packet address table; and

wherein if the source terminal and a target terminal being connected to a same access switch, the node server configures a data packet orientation port of the access switch, does not configure a data packet orientation port of the node server, and when a service communication being carried out between the source terminal and the target terminal being connected to the same access switch, the access switch transmits a data packet via a corresponding downlink port of the access switch according to settings of the internal data packet address table of the access switch, without transmitting the data packet to the node server.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the service request initiated by the source terminal comprises a multicast communication service request, the data packet address table comprises a unicast data packet address table and a multicast data packet address table, and

at least one processor of the node server is further configured to transmit a service processing command to the source terminal and the target terminal respectively;

the source terminal comprises at least one processor configured to perform a corresponding operation according to the service processing command; and

the target terminal comprises at least one processor configured to perform a corresponding operation according to the service processing command; and

the at least one processor of the node server is further configured;

to receive a service request protocol packet initiated by the target terminal for requesting multicast communication service, wherein the service request protocol packet comprises service type information, service content information and an access network address of the target terminal, wherein the service content information comprises a service number;

to extract an access network address of the source terminal from a preset content-address mapping table according to the service number;

to acquire a multicast address corresponding to the source terminal, and allocate the multicast address to the target terminal; and

configured to acquire the communication link information of the current multicast service according to the service type information, the access network address of the source terminal and the access network address of the target terminal; and

to determine that the data packet address table set currently is a multicast data packet address table according to the service type information.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the access switch is an access switch connected between the source terminal and the node server, and the at least one processor of the access switch is further configured:

to orient the service request protocol packet initiated by the source terminal to the node server via an uplink port of the access switch according to settings of its internal preset uplink protocol packet address table;

wherein the uplink protocol packet address table is set with an uplink port to which a protocol packet with a destination address being the address of the node server is oriented.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the at least one processor of the node server is further configured to transmit a downlink protocol packet to the access switch;

and to transmit a network access command according to an uplink protocol packet replied by the access switch; and

the at least one processor of the access switch is further configured;

to set a CPU module, to which all downlink protocol packets are oriented, in its internal downlink protocol packet address table when being powered on;

to orient a received downlink protocol packet to the CPU module of the access switch according to settings of the downlink protocol packet address table, wherein the downlink protocol packet contains an access network address to be allocated;

to generate an uplink protocol packet by the CPU module and transmit the uplink protocol packet to the node server;

to receive a network access command transmitted from the node server, wherein the network access command contains an access network address of the access switch, and the access network address is the access network address to be allocated in the downlink protocol packet received by the access switch; and

to update its internal downlink protocol packet address table as that only a protocol packet with a destination address being its own access network address is oriented to the CPU module.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the node server comprises a communication link acquiring module comprising:

a unicast service protocol packet receiving submodule configured to receive the service request protocol packet initiated by the source terminal for establishing unicast communication service with the target terminal, wherein the service request protocol packet includes service type information, service content information and the access network address of the source terminal, wherein the service content information includes the service number;

a target terminal address acquiring submodule configured to extract the access network address of the target terminal from the preset content-address mapping table according to the service number; and

a communication link calculating submodule configured to acquire the communication link information of the current service according to the service type information, the access network address of the source terminal and the access network address of the target terminal; and

a unicast address table determining module configured to determine that the data packet address table set currently is the unicast data packet address table according to the service type information.

15. A node server, wherein the node server is a node having a centralized control function, on an access network of a novel network, the novel network is a centrally controlled network, comprising a node server, an access switch and a terminal, and the node server can control the access switch and the terminal, wherein the node server comprises at least one processor configured:

to receive a service request initiated by a source terminal comprising a unicast communication service request and a service request protocol packet initiated by the source terminal;

to acquire communication link information of current service according to the service request protocol packet initiated by the source terminal by;

obtaining the service request protocol packet initiated by the source terminal for establishing unicast communication service with a target terminal, wherein the service request protocol packet includes service type information, service content information and an access network address of the source terminal, wherein the service content information includes a service number;

extracting an access network address of the target terminal from a preset content-address mapping table according to the service number;

acquiring the communication link information of the current service according to the service type information, the access network address of the source terminal and the access network address of the target terminal; and

wherein the communication link information is unidirectional communication link information or bidirectional communication link information and comprises communication port information of the access switch which participates in the current service; and

to determine that a data packet address table set currently is a unicast data packet address table according to the service type information;

to transmit a port configuration command to the corresponding access switch according to the communication port information of the access switch; and

to set in an internal data packet address table of the node server, a port to which the data packet of the current service is oriented; and

wherein if the source terminal and a target terminal being connected to a same access switch, the node server configures a data packet orientation port of the access switch, does not configure a data packet orientation port of the node server, so that when a service communication being carried out between the source terminal and the target terminal being connected to the same access switch, the access switch transmits a data packet via a corresponding downlink port of the access switch according to settings of a internal data packet address table of the access switch, without transmitting the data packet to the node server.

17. The node server of claim 15, further comprising:

an address table configuration module configured to set, in its internal data packet address table, the port to which the data packet of the current service is oriented according to communication port information of the node server.