Data packet sending method, data packet receiving method, data packet sending device and data packet receiving device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10750405-B2
Application number	US-201616074581-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 30, 2016
Priority date	Feb 3, 2016
Publication date	Aug 18, 2020
Grant date	Aug 18, 2020

Abstract

Provided are a data packet sending method, a data packet receiving method, a data packet sending device and a data packet receiving device. The data packet sending method includes: determining a first data packet to be sent to a server; when there are two or more first data packets, aggregating the two or more first data packets into one second data packet; and sending the second data packet to the server.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for sending a packet, comprising:
determining a first packet to be sent to a server;
in response to there being two or more first packets, aggregating the two or more first packets into a second packet comprising:
translating a source Internet Protocol (IP) address of each of the two or more first packets into a predetermined public IP address,
padding different data fields with a same length in the second packet respectively with data in the two or more first packets having gone through source IP address translation, wherein a data field of the different data fields padded with data in the two or more first packets comprises at least one of:
first identification information for identifying a length of the data in a first packet of the two or more first packets,
second identification information for identifying the source IP address of the first packet of the two or more first packets before the source IP address translation, or
padding bits in response to the length of the data in the first packet of the two or more first packets being less than a length of the data field, a portion in the data field not padded with the data in the two or more first packets is padded with the padding bits, and

setting a source IP address of the second packet as the predetermined public IP address; and

sending the second packet to the server based on a state of a network over which the second packet is being sent.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to the first packet being an acknowledging (ACK) packet, sending the ACK packet using a Non-Access-Stratum-Protocol Data Unit (NAS-PDU).

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the sending the ACK packet using a Non-Access-Stratum-Protocol Data Unit (NAS-PDU) comprises:
bearing the ACK packet in the NAS-PDU; and
sending the NAS-PDU bearing the ACK packet.

4. A method for receiving a packet, comprising:
receiving a second packet sent by User Equipment (UE); and
acquiring two or more first packets aggregated in the second packet by parsing the second packet, comprising:
acquiring first identification information comprised in a data field by parsing two or more data fields in the second packet,
determining, according to the first identification information, a length of data in a first packet of the two or more first packets with which each of the two or more data fields in the second packet is padded, wherein the first identification information identifies the length of the data in the first packet,
acquiring, according to the length of the data in the first packet, the data in the first packet with which each of the two or more data fields in the second packet is padded, and
after the parsing two or more data fields in the second packet, determining, according to second identification information comprised in the data field in which the first identification information is comprised, a source Internet Protocol (IP) address of the first packet before source IP address translation, wherein the second identification information identifies the source IP address of the first packet before the source IP address translation.

5. A device for sending a packet, comprising:
a memory storing processor-executable instructions; and
a processor arranged to execute the processor-executable instructions to perform steps of:
determining a first packet to be sent to a server;
in response to there being two or more first packets, aggregating the two or more first packets into a second packet comprising:
translating a source Internet Protocol (IP) address of each of the two or more first packets into a predetermined public IP address,
padding different data fields with a same length in the second packet respectively with data in the two or more first packets having gone through source IP address translation, wherein a data field of the different data fields padded with data in the two or more first packets comprises at least one of:
first identification information for identifying a length of the data in a first packet of the two or more first packets,
second identification information for identifying the source IP address of the first packet of the two or more first packets before the source IP address translation, or
padding bits in response to the length of the data in the first packet of the two or more first packets being less than a length of the data field, a portion in the data field not padded with the data in the two or more first packets is padded with the padding bits, and

setting a source IP address of the second packet as the predetermined public IP address; and

sending the second packet to the server based on a state of a network over which the second packet is being sent.

6. The device of claim 5 , the processor is arranged to execute the processor-executable instructions to further perform the following step:
in response to the first packet being an acknowledging (ACK) packet, sending the ACK packet using a Non-Access-Stratum-Protocol Data Unit (NAS-PDU).

7. The device of claim 6 , wherein the sending the ACK packet using a Non-Access-Stratum-Protocol Data Unit (NAS-PDU) comprises:
bearing the ACK packet in the NAS-PDU; and
sending the NAS-PDU bearing the ACK packet.

Assignees

• Zte Corp

Inventors

• Zhang Lu

Classifications

• H04L69/22 Primary

  Parsing or analysis of headers · CPC title

• H04L61/2503 Primary

  Translation of Internet protocol [IP] addresses · CPC title

• H04L61/00

  Network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming · CPC title

• H04L47/36

  by determining packet size, e.g. maximum transfer unit [MTU] · CPC title

• H04L47/10

  Flow control; Congestion control · CPC title