Data transmission method and communications device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11297011-B2
Application number	US-202016874191-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 14, 2020
Priority date	Nov 17, 2017
Publication date	Apr 5, 2022
Grant date	Apr 5, 2022

Abstract

A data transmission method includes obtaining dequeue information that indicates a queue which requests to output data in a communications device and a target data volume that is output from each queue at a time, and the communications device manages the target data volume based on a burst value, reading, based on the queue, a sub-packet descriptor (PD) that is obtained by segmenting the first PD, the sub-PD includes target description information indicating a target data packet, the first PD includes first description information indicating a first data packet set including the target data packet, the first data packet set and the sub-PD are stored in a packet cache including a dynamic random access memory (DRAM), the first PD is stored in a control cache including a static random access memory (SRAM), and determining, the target data packet based on the sub-PD, and sending the target data packet.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A data transmission method implemented by a communications device, the data transmission method comprising:
obtaining dequeue information, wherein the dequeue information indicates a queue requesting to output data in the communications device and a target data volume that is output from each of a plurality of queues at a time, wherein the queue comprises a first packet descriptor (PD), wherein the first PD comprises first description information indicating a first data packet set, where the first data packet set comprises a target data packet, wherein the first PD is stored in a control cache, and wherein the control cache is a static random-access memory (SRAM);
segmenting the first PD to obtain a sub-PD, wherein a quantity of sub-PDs is greater than or equal to two, wherein the sub-PD comprises target description information indicating the target data packet, wherein the first data packet set and the sub-PD are stored in a packet cache, and wherein the packet cache is a dynamic random-access memory (DRAM);
maintaining a burst value;
managing the target data volume based on the burst value to keep the target data volume less than or equal to the burst value;
reading the sub-PD based on the queue;
obtaining the target data packet based on the sub-PD; and
sending the target data packet.

2. The data transmission method of claim 1 , further comprising obtaining the first PD at a head of the queue, wherein the head of the queue is an end of the queue from which the first PD is obtained.

3. The data transmission method of claim 2 , further comprising:
obtaining a sub-PD set by segmenting the first PD; and
obtaining a ranking in the sub-PD set, wherein the ranking indicates a sequence of reading sub-PDs in the sub-PD set, and wherein the sub-PD ranks first in the sub-PD set.

4. The data transmission method of claim 2 , wherein after obtaining the first PD, the data transmission method further comprises recording a first data volume, and wherein the first data volume is a size of the first data packet set.

5. The data transmission method of claim 4 , wherein after sending the target data packet, the data transmission method further comprises subtracting the target data volume from the first data volume to obtain a second data volume, and wherein the second data volume is a size of a second data packet that remains after the target data packet is subtracted from the first data packet set.

6. The data transmission method of claim 5 , wherein after sending the target data packet, the data transmission method further comprises:
identifying that a third data volume indicated by a dequeue information set accumulated in the communications device is greater than the second data volume;
reading a second PD in response to identifying the third data volume, wherein the second PD indicates the second data packet; and
sending the second data packet.

7. A communications device comprising:
a memory configured to store instructions; and
a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the instructions cause the processor to be configured to:
obtain dequeue information, wherein the dequeue information indicates a target data volume that is output from each of a plurality of queues at a time;
maintain a burst value;
manage the target data volume based on the burst value to keep the target data volume less than or equal to the burst value;
obtain, based on the dequeue information, a queue requesting to output data, wherein the queue comprises a first packet descriptor (PD), wherein the first PD comprises first description information indicating a first data packet set, wherein the first data packet set comprises a target data packet, wherein the first PD is stored in a control cache, and wherein the control cache is a static random-access memory (SRAM);
segment the first PD to obtain a sub-PD, wherein the sub-PD comprises target description information indicating the target data packet, wherein a quantity of sub-PDs is greater than or equal to two;
read a sub-PD based on the queue, wherein the first data packet set and the sub-PD are stored in a packet cache, and wherein the packet cache is a dynamic random-access memory (DRAM);
obtain the target data packet based on the sub-PD; and
send the target data packet.

8. The communications device of claim 7 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to be configured to obtain the first PD at a head of the queue, and wherein the head of the queue is an end of the queue from which the first PD is obtained.

9. The communications device of claim 7 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to be configured to:
segment the first PD to obtain a sub-PD set; and
obtaining a ranking in the sub-PD set, wherein the ranking indicates a sequence of reading sub-PDs in the sub-PD set, and wherein the sub-PD ranks first in the sub-PD set.

10. The communications device of claim 7 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to be configured to record a first data volume in a queue burst control table, and wherein the first data volume is a size of the first data packet set.

11. The communications device of claim 10 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to be configured to:
subtract the target data volume from the first data volume to obtain a second data volume, wherein the second data volume is a size of a second data packet that remains after the target data packet is subtracted from the first data packet set; and
record the second data volume in the queue burst control table.

12. The communications device of claim 11 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to be configured to record a third data volume in the queue burst control table, and wherein the third data volume is a data volume indicated by an accumulated dequeue information set.

13. The communications device of claim 12 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to be configured to:
identify that the third data volume is greater than the second data volume;
read a second PD in response to identifying the third data volume; and
send the second data packet indicated by the second PD.

14. A communications device comprising:
a static random-access memory (SRAM) configured to store a first packet descriptor (PD), wherein the first PD comprises first description information indicating a first data packet set, and wherein the first data packet set comprises a target data packet;
a dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) coupled to the SRAM and configured to store a sub-PD set and the first data packet set; and
a processing system coupled to the SRAM and the DRAM and comprising:
a processor configured to:
segment the first PD to obtain the sub-PD set, wherein a sub-PD in the sub-PD set comprises target description information indicating the target data packet;
generate dequeue information, wherein the dequeue information indicates a queue requesting to output data in the communications device and a target data volume that is output from each of a plurality of queues at a time;
maintain burst value, and
manage the target data volume based on the burst value to keep the target data volume less than or equal to the burst value; and

a forwarding controller configured to:
read the sub-PD based on the queue;
determine the target data packet based on the sub-PD; and
send the target data packet.

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wei Hua
• Zheng Qin
• Du Wenhua

Classifications

• H04L49/9084

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• G06F2212/608

  Details relating to cache mapping · CPC title

• H04L1/1874

  Buffer management · CPC title

• H04L47/50

  Queue scheduling · CPC title

• G06F12/0875

  with dedicated cache, e.g. instruction or stack · CPC title