Communication method and apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11804982-B2
Application number	US-202117343192-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 9, 2021
Priority date	Dec 10, 2018
Publication date	Oct 31, 2023
Grant date	Oct 31, 2023

Abstract

This application provides a method for transmitting data on a ring network. The ring network includes two adjacent FlexE cross-connection rings, each FlexE cross-connection ring includes at least three nodes, the two FlexE cross-connection rings have at least one common node, the common node carries a cross-ring end-to-end working path, and each of the two FlexE cross-connection rings includes one ring-shaped protection path. Because there is a protection path between any two adjacent nodes in the two FlexE cross-connection rings, if a link fault occurs in the common node, a node adjacent to the common node may transmit data from one FlexE cross-connection ring to another FlexE cross-connection ring by using the ring-shaped protection path. Therefore, reliability of the ring network including the at least two FlexE cross-connection rings is improved.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A communication method, applied to a ring network, wherein the ring network comprises a first flexible Ethernet (FlexE) cross-connection ring and a second FlexE cross-connection ring, the first FlexE cross-connection ring comprises a first network device, a second network device, and a third network device, and the second FlexE cross-connection ring comprises a fourth network device, the first network device, and the second network device, wherein the first network device is adjacent to the second network device, the first network device is adjacent to the third network device, and the first network device is adjacent to the fourth network device; the first network device and the second network device are intersection nodes of the first FlexE cross-connection ring and the second FlexE cross-connection ring; there is a first FlexE link group between the first network device and the third network device, there is a second FlexE link group between the first network device and the fourth network device, there is a third FlexE link group between the first network device and the second network device, the first FlexE link group is used to carry a first client and a fifth client; the second FlexE link group is used to carry a second client and a sixth client, the third FlexE link group is used to carry a third client and a fourth client, the third client is used to transmit data within the first FlexE cross-connection ring, and the fourth client is used to transmit data within the second FlexE cross-connection ring, and wherein each client represents a client service implemented as an Ethernet flow; and
the method comprises:
determining, by the first network device, that a fault occurs in the first FlexE link group;
deleting, by the first network device, a FlexE cross-connection between the third client and the fifth client; and
establishing, by the first network device, a FlexE cross-connection between the third client and the second client or the fourth client;
wherein each FlexE cross-connection between two clients represents a timeslot cross-connection between timeslots allocated to the two clients.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein after the link fault in the first FlexE link group is rectified, the method further comprises:
deleting, by the first network device, the FlexE cross-connection between the third client and the second client or the fourth client; and
establishing, by the first network device, a FlexE cross-connection between the first client and the second client or the fourth client.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first FlexE link group is used to carry at least two clients, the at least two clients form one client binding group, the client binding group comprises the first client, operation, administration and maintenance (OAM) detection is deployed on at least one client in the client binding group, and OAM detection is not deployed on at least one client in the client binding group; and
the determining, by the first network device, that a fault occurs in the first FlexE link group comprises:
determining, by the first network device based on the OAM detection, that the fault occurs in the first FlexE link group.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first link group is further used to carry a seventh client and an eighth client, the third link group is further used to carry a ninth client, and the method further comprises:
determining, by the first network device, that a fault occurs in the third FlexE link group;
deleting, by the first network device, a FlexE cross-connection between the seventh client and the ninth client; and
establishing, by the first network device, a FlexE cross-connection between the seventh client and the eighth client.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein after the link fault in the third FlexE link group is rectified, the method further comprises:
deleting, by the first network device, the FlexE cross-connection between the seventh client and the eighth client; and
establishing, by the first network device, a FlexE cross-connection between the seventh client and the ninth client.

6. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the third FlexE link group is used to carry at least two clients, the at least two clients form one client binding group, the client binding group comprises the ninth client, OAM detection is deployed on at least one client in the client binding group, and OAM detection is not deployed on at least one client in the client binding group; and
the determining, by the first network device, that a fault occurs in the third FlexE link group comprises:
determining, by the first network device based on the OAM detection, that the fault occurs in the third FlexE link group.

7. A computer hardware chip, applied to a first network device in a ring network, wherein the ring network comprises a first flexible Ethernet (FlexE) cross-connection ring and a second FlexE cross-connection ring, the first FlexE cross-connection ring comprises the first network device, a second network device, and a third network device, and the second FlexE cross-connection ring comprises a fourth network device, the first network device, and the second network device, wherein the first network device is adjacent to the second network device, the first network device is adjacent to the third network device, and the first network device is adjacent to the fourth network device; the first network device and the second network device are intersection nodes of the first FlexE cross-connection ring and the second FlexE cross-connection ring; there is a first FlexE link group between the first network device and the third network device, there is a second FlexE link group between the first network device and the fourth network device, there is a third FlexE link group between the first network device and the second network device, the first FlexE link group is used to carry a first client and a fifth client; the second FlexE link group is used to carry a second client and a sixth client, the third FlexE link group is used to carry a third client and a fourth client, the third client is used to transmit data within the first FlexE cross-connection ring, and the fourth client is used to transmit data within the second FlexE cross-connection ring, and wherein each client is a client service implemented as an Ethernet flow; and
the chip comprises:
a processor circuit, configured to:
determine that a fault occurs in the first FlexE link group;
delete a FlexE cross-connection between the third client and the fifth client; and
establish a FlexE cross-connection between the third client and the second client or the fourth client;
wherein each FlexE cross-connection between two clients represents a timeslot cross-connection between timeslots allocated to the two clients.

8. The chip according to claim 7 , wherein after the link fault in the first FlexE link group is rectified, the processor circuit is further configured to:
delete the FlexE cross-connection between the third client and the second client or the fourth client; and
establish a FlexE cross-connection between the first client and the second client or the fourth client.

9. The chip according to claim 7 , wherein the first FlexE link group is used to carry at least two clients, the at least two clients form one client binding group, the client binding group comprises the first client, operation, administration and maintenance (OAM) detection is deployed on at least one client in the client binding group, and OAM detection is not deployed on at least one client in the client binding group; and
the processor circuit is further configured to:
determine, based on the OAM detection

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Ye Qing
• Ye Jian
• Chen Zhiguo

Classifications

• H04L45/22

  Alternate routing · CPC title

• H04L12/437 Primary

  Ring fault isolation or reconfiguration {(for SDH/SONET ring networks H04J3/085)} · CPC title

• H04J3/085 Primary

  for ring networks, e.g. SDH/SONET rings, self-healing rings, meashed SDH/SONET networks · CPC title

• H04L41/0654

  using network fault recovery (ring fault isolation or reconfiguration in loop networks without recovery actions by a network management system H04L12/437) · CPC title

• H04L41/0663

  Performing the actions predefined by failover planning, e.g. switching to standby network elements · CPC title