Packet processing method and device

• US 10,812,292 B2
• Filed: 04/01/2019
• Issued: 10/20/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/2013
• 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: Qian, Guofeng, Li, Guanfeng, Xue, Li, Zhang, Haibo
• Primary Examiner(s): Acolatse, Kodzovi
• Application Number:
  US16/371,934
• Publication Number:
  US 20190229950A1
• Time in Patent Office: 568 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/4633 Interconnection of networks using encapsulation techniques, e.g. tunneling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/24 Multipath
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/125 by balancing the load, e.g. traffic engineering
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/5007 Internet protocol [IP] addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1036 at the edge
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment

Abstract

A packet processing method includes receiving, by an aggregation gateway, a first tunnel establishment request message sent by a home gateway, and sending a first tunnel establishment success message to the home gateway; receiving, by the aggregation gateway, a second tunnel establishment request message sent by the home gateway, and sending a second tunnel establishment success message to the home gateway; associating, by the aggregation gateway, a first tunnel with a second tunnel according to an identifier of the home gateway; and sending a downlink packet to the home gateway by using the first tunnel and/or the second tunnel. The embodiments of the present application may increase bandwidth.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

sending, by a home gateway and to a first gateway corresponding to a first access network, a first Internet Protocol (IP) address request message;

receiving, by the home gateway and from the first gateway, a first IP address response message comprising a first address of the home gateway on the first access network;

sending, by the home gateway and to a second gateway corresponding to a second access network, a second IP address request message;

receiving, by the home gateway and from the second gateway, a second IP address response message comprising a second address of the home gateway on the second access network;

receiving, by an aggregation gateway and from the home gateway, a first tunnel establishment request message comprising the first address and requesting establishment of a first tunnel between the first address and the second address of the aggregation gateway;

sending, by the aggregation gateway and to the home gateway in response to the first tunnel establishment request message, a first tunnel establishment success message;

receiving, by the aggregation gateway and from the home gateway, a second tunnel establishment request message comprising a third address of the home gateway on the second access network and requesting establishment of a second tunnel between the second address and the third address;

sending, by the aggregation gateway and to the home gateway in response to the second tunnel establishment request message, a second tunnel establishment success message; and

associating the first tunnel with the second tunnel to transmit traffic from the home gateway to a network through at least one of the first tunnel or the second tunnel,

wherein a sum of a first preset bandwidth of the first tunnel and a second preset bandwidth of the second tunnel is a maximum available bandwidth.

2. The method of claim 1, where the first tunnel corresponds to the first access network and the second tunnel corresponds to the second access network, and wherein a first type of the first access network is different from a second type of the second access network.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the first access network is a mobile carrier network and the second access network is a fixed network.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first tunnel establishment request message further comprises an identifier of the home gateway.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the identifier comprises at least one of an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the home gateway, a media access control (MAC) address of the home gateway, or a user name.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising associating the first tunnel with the second tunnel according to an identifier of the home gateway.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing an association between the first tunnel and the second tunnel.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first tunnel is a work tunnel and the second tunnel is a standby tunnel.

9. A method comprising:

sending, by a home gateway and to a first gateway corresponding to a first access network, a first Internet Protocol (IP) address request message;

receiving, by the home gateway and from the first gateway, a first IP address response message comprising a first address of the home gateway on the first access network;

sending, by the home gateway and to a second gateway corresponding to a second access network, a second IP address request message;

receiving, by the home gateway and from the second gateway, a second IP address response message comprising a second address of the home gateway on the second access network;

receiving, by an aggregation gateway, first traffic directed to the home gateway; and

transmitting, by the aggregation gateway, the first traffic to the home gateway through one of a first tunnel, a second tunnel, or both the first tunnel and the second tunnel,

wherein the first tunnel is between the aggregation gateway and the first address,

wherein the second tunnel is between the aggregation gateway and the second address,

wherein the first tunnel and the second tunnel are associated with each other based on an identifier of the home gateway, and

wherein a sum of a first preset bandwidth of the first tunnel and a second preset bandwidth of the second tunnel is a maximum available bandwidth.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the first tunnel is a Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) tunnel.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising transmitting, by the aggregation gateway, the first traffic to the home gateway through either the second tunnel or both the first tunnel and the second tunnel when an available bandwidth of the first tunnel is less than a bandwidth required for transmitting the first traffic and when available bandwidth of the second tunnel is greater than or equal to the bandwidth required for transmitting the first traffic.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising transmitting, by the aggregation gateway, the first traffic to the home gateway through either the first tunnel or both the first tunnel and the second tunnel when an available bandwidth of the first tunnel is greater than or equal to a bandwidth required for transmitting the first traffic and when an available bandwidth of the second tunnel is greater than or equal to the bandwidth required for transmitting the first traffic.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein a preset bandwidth of the first tunnel is a bandwidth of a physical line.

14. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving, by the aggregation gateway, second traffic from the home gateway through one of the first tunnel, the second tunnel, or both the first tunnel and the second tunnel; and

transmitting, by the aggregation gateway, the second traffic.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein before transmitting the second traffic, the method further comprises:

obtaining, by the aggregation gateway, first bandwidth information of the first tunnel and second bandwidth information of the second tunnel; and

determining, by the aggregation gateway, available bandwidth of the first tunnel according to the first bandwidth information and available bandwidth of the second tunnel according to the second bandwidth information.

16. A method implemented by a home gateway, the method comprising:

obtaining a first address of the home gateway on a first access network by;

sending, to a first gateway corresponding to the first access network, a first Internet Protocol (IP) address request message, and

receiving, from the first gateway, a first IP address response message comprising the first address;

establishing a first tunnel between the first address and an aggregation gateway;

obtaining a second address of the home gateway on a second access network by;

sending, to a second gateway corresponding to the second access network, a second IP address request message, and

receiving, from the second gateway, a second IP address response message comprising the second address;

establishing a second tunnel between the second address and the aggregation gateway;

receiving first traffic from a user equipment; and

sending the first traffic to the aggregation gateway through one of the first tunnel, the second tunnel, or both the first tunnel and the second tunnel,

wherein the first tunnel and the second tunnel are associated with each other based on an identifier of the home gateway, and

wherein a sum of a first preset bandwidth of the first tunnel and a second preset bandwidth of the second tunnel is a maximum available bandwidth.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein establishing the first tunnel comprises:

sending, to the aggregation gateway using the first access network, a first tunnel establishment request message comprising the first address and requesting establishment of the first tunnel; and

receiving, from the aggregation gateway in response to the first tunnel establishment request message, a first tunnel establishment success.

18. The method of claim 16, where the first tunnel is a Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) tunnel.

19. The method of claim 16, further comprising sending the first traffic to the aggregation gateway through the first tunnel when an available bandwidth of the first tunnel is greater than or equal to a bandwidth required for transmitting the first traffic.

20. The method of claim 16, further comprising sending bandwidth information of the first tunnel and bandwidth information of the second tunnel to the aggregation gateway.

21. The method of claim 16, further comprising sending the first traffic to the aggregation gateway through either the second tunnel or both the first tunnel and the second tunnel when an available bandwidth of the first tunnel is less than a bandwidth required for transmitting the first traffic and when an available bandwidth of the second tunnel is greater than or equal to the bandwidth required for transmitting the first traffic.

22. A home gateway comprising:

a memory comprising instructions; and

a processor coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions, which causes the processor to be configured to;

obtain a first address of the home gateway on a first access network by;

sending, to a first gateway corresponding to the first access network, a first Internet Protocol (IP) address request message, and

receiving, from the first gateway, a first IP address response message comprising the first address;

establish a first tunnel between the first address and an aggregation gateway;

obtain a second address of the home gateway on a second access network by;

sending, to a second gateway corresponding to the second access network, a second IP address request message, and

receiving, from the second gateway, a second IP address response message comprising the second address;

establish a second tunnel between the second address and the aggregation gateway;

receive first traffic from a user equipment; and

send the first traffic to the aggregation gateway through one of the first tunnel, the second tunnel, or both the first tunnel and the second tunnel,

wherein the first tunnel and the second tunnel are associated with each other based on an identifier of the home gateway, and

wherein a sum of a first preset bandwidth of the first tunnel and a second preset bandwidth of the second tunnel is a maximum available bandwidth.

23. A system comprising:

an aggregation gateway; and

a home gateway configured to;

obtain a first address of the home gateway on a first access network by;

sending, to a first gateway corresponding to the first access network, a first Internet Protocol (IP) address request message, and

receiving, from the first gateway, a first IP address response message comprising the first address;

establish a first tunnel between the first address and the aggregation gateway;

obtain a second address of the home gateway on a second access network by;

sending, to a second gateway corresponding to the second access network, a second IP address request message, and

receiving, from the second gateway, a second IP address response message comprising the second address;

establish a second tunnel between the second address and the aggregation gateway;

receive first traffic from a user equipment; and

send the first traffic to the aggregation gateway through one of the first tunnel, the second tunnel, or both the first tunnel and the second tunnel,

wherein the first tunnel and the second tunnel are associated with each other based on an identifier of the home gateway, and

wherein a sum of a first preset bandwidth of the first tunnel and a second preset bandwidth of the second tunnel is a maximum available bandwidth.

24. A system comprising:

a home gateway comprising a first address on a first access network, comprising a second address on a second access network, and configured to;

send to a first gateway corresponding to the first access network, a first Internet Protocol (IP) address request message,

receive, from the first gateway, a first IP address response message comprising the first address,

send, to a second gateway corresponding to the second access network, a second IP address request message, and

receive, from the second gateway, a second IP address response message comprising the second address; and

an aggregation gateway comprising a third address and configured to;

receive, from the home gateway, a first tunnel establishment request message comprising the first address and requesting establishment of a first tunnel between the first address and the third address;

send, to the home gateway in response to the first tunnel establishment request message, a first tunnel establishment success message;

receive, from the home gateway, a second tunnel establishment request message comprising the second address and requesting establishment of a second tunnel between the second address and the third address;

send, to the home gateway in response to the second tunnel establishment request message, a second tunnel establishment success message; and

associate the first tunnel with the second tunnel to transmit traffic from the home gateway to a network through at least one of the first tunnel or the second tunnel,

wherein a sum of a first preset bandwidth of the first tunnel and a second preset bandwidth of the second tunnel is a maximum available bandwidth.

25. A system comprising:

a home gateway comprising a first address on a first access network, comprising a second address on a second access network, and configured to;

send to a first gateway corresponding to the first access network, a first Internet Protocol (IP) address request message,

receive, from the first gateway, a first IP address response message comprising the first address,

send, to a second gateway corresponding to the second access network, a second IP address request message, and

receive, from the second gateway, a second IP address response message comprising the second address; and

an aggregation gateway configured to;

receive first traffic directed to the home gateway; and

transmit the first traffic to the home gateway through one of a first tunnel, a second tunnel, or both the first tunnel and the second tunnel,

wherein the first tunnel is between the aggregation gateway and the first address,

wherein the second tunnel is between the aggregation gateway and the second address,

wherein the first tunnel and the second tunnel are associated with each other based on an identifier of the home gateway, and

wherein a sum of a first preset bandwidth of the first tunnel and a second preset bandwidth of the second tunnel is a maximum available bandwidth.