Resource reservation method and system, and convergence device

• US 9,876,733 B2
• Filed: 06/24/2015
• Issued: 01/23/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2012
• 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: Shen, Chenghu, Pan, Dao, Li, Yong
• Primary Examiner(s): Lai, Andrew
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ganguly, Sumitra
• Application Number:
  US14/748,448
• Publication Number:
  US 20150295847A1
• Time in Patent Office: 944 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/97 using uplink of the CATV systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2801 Broadband local area networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2859 Point-to-point connection between the data network and the subscribers encapsulation H04L12/4633; virtual LANs H04L12/4641; routing of packets H04L45/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0893 Assignment of logical groups to network elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0894 Policy-based network configuration management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0896 Bandwidth or capacity management, i.e. automatically increasing or decreasing capacities flow or congestion control using dynamic resource allocation, e.g. in-call renegotiation, H04L47/76
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/72 using reservation actions during connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/106 for domestic distribution

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of communications technologies, and disclose a resource reservation method and system, and a convergence device. The method includes: receiving, by a convergence device, a first resource reservation request message based on a format of a first interface and that is from a policy server (PS); converting, by the convergence device, the first resource reservation request message into a second resource reservation request message based on a format of a second interface; and sending, by the convergence device, the second resource reservation request message based on the format of the second interface to a modulation and demodulation system, so that the modulation and demodulation system performs resource reservation according to the second resource reservation request message.

Claims

1. A resource reservation method, comprising:

receiving, by a convergence device, a first resource reservation request message based on a format of a first interface and the first resource reservation request message is from a policy server (PS);

converting, by the convergence device, the first resource reservation request message into a second resource reservation request message based on a format of a second interface;

sending, by the convergence device, the second resource reservation request message that is based on the format of the second interface to a modulation and demodulation system, so that the modulation and demodulation system performs a resource reservation according to the second resource reservation request message;

receiving, by the convergence device, a first resource reservation response message from the modulation and demodulation system by using the second interface;

parsing, by the convergence device, the first resource reservation response message, and generating a second resource reservation response message according to a result of the parsing;

sending, by the convergence device, the second resource reservation response message to the PS by using the first interface;

receiving, by the convergence device, a first resource activation request message based on the format of the first interface and from the PS;

converting, by the convergence device, the first resource activation request message into a second resource activation request message based on the format of the second interface;

sending, by the convergence device, the second resource activation request message based on the format of the second interface to the modulation and demodulation system, so that the modulation and demodulation system performs a resource activation according to the second resource activation request message;

receiving, by the convergence device, a first resource activation response message from the modulation and demodulation system by using the second interface;

parsing, by the convergence device, the first resource activation response message, and generating a second resource activation response message according to a result of the parsing; and

sending, by the convergence device, the second resource activation response message to the PS by using the first interface.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the format of the first interface is pkt-mm-2, and the format of the second interface is pkt-mm-2′

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3. The method according to claim 1, wherein after receiving, by the convergence device, the first resource reservation request message that is based on the format of the first interface, the method further comprises:

parsing the first resource reservation request message; and

performing a resource reservation according to the first resource reservation request message.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the modulation and demodulation system comprises:

a cable television media converter (CMC) and a cable modem (CM), or a cable modem terminal system (CMTS) and a CM, wherein the CM is connected to at least one subscriber terminal.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein before receiving, by the convergence device, the first resource reservation request message that is based on the format of the first interface and that is from the policy server (PS), the method further comprises:

relaying, by the convergence device, a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) packet of the subscriber terminal, and acquiring a correspondence between the subscriber terminal and the CMTS from the DHCP packet, or acquiring a correspondence between the subscriber terminal and the CMC from the DHCP packet; and

sending the correspondence to the PS.

6. A resource reservation system, comprising:

a policy server (PS), a convergence device, and a modulation and demodulation system, wherein the convergence device is connected to the PS by using a first interface, and the convergence device is connected to the modulation and demodulation system by using a second interface;

wherein the convergence device is configured to;

receive a first resource reservation request message from the PS by using the first interface,

convert the first resource reservation request message into a second resource reservation request message based on a format of the second interface,

parse the first resource reservation request message, and perform a resource reservation according to the first resource reservation request message,

receive a first resource activation request message based on the format of the first interface and the first resource activation request message is from the PS,

convert the first resource activation request message into a second resource activation request message based on the format of the second interface,

send the second resource activation request message based on the format of the second interface to the modulation and demodulation system, and

send the second resource reservation request message to the modulation and demodulation system by using the second interface; and

the modulation and demodulation system is configured to;

perform a resource reservation according to the second resource reservation request message, and

perform resource activation according to the second resource activation request message.

7. The system according to claim 6, wherein the modulation and demodulation system comprises:

a cable television media converter (CMC) and a cable modem (CM), or a cable modem terminal system (CMTS) and a CM, wherein the CM is connected to at least one subscriber terminal.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein:

the CMTS or the CMC is configured to;

receive the second resource reservation request message, instruct, by using a pkt-mm-1 interface, the connected CM to add a service flow, and reserve a resource.

9. The system according to claim 7, wherein the convergence device is further configured to:

relay a DHCP packet of the subscriber terminal, and acquire a correspondence between the subscriber terminal and the CMTS from the DHCP packet, or acquire a correspondence between the subscriber terminal and the CMC from the DHCP packet; and

send the correspondence to the PS by using a pkt-qos-2 interface.

10. A convergence device, comprising:

a first interface, configured to receive a first resource reservation request message from a policy server (PS);

a dynamic quality of service (DQoS) proxy module, configured to convert the first resource reservation request message based on a format of the first interface into a second resource reservation request message based on a format of a second interface;

wherein;

the second interface is configured to send the second resource reservation request message to a modulation and demodulation system, so that the modulation and demodulation system performs resource reservation according to the second resource reservation request message;

the first interface is further configured to receive a first resource activation request message from the PS;

the DQoS proxy module is configured to convert the first resource activation request message based on the format of the first interface into a second resource activation request message based on the format of the second interface; and

the second interface is further configured to send the second resource activation request message to the modulation and demodulation system, so that the modulation and demodulation system performs resource activation according to the second resource activation request message; and

a resource management entity (RME) module, configured to parse the first resource reservation request message and perform resource reservation according to the first resource reservation request message.

11. The convergence device according to claim 10, wherein the format of the first interface is pkt-mm-2, and the format of the second interface is pkt-mm-2′

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