Configuration method and controller

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11838846-B2
Application number	US-202117360926-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 28, 2021
Priority date	Dec 29, 2018
Publication date	Dec 5, 2023
Grant date	Dec 5, 2023

Abstract

A configuration method and a controller are provided. The configuration method is applied to a network on which detection is performed by using the two-way active measurement protocol (TWAMP), and may include: receiving, by a controller, a request packet sent by an ingress network device, where the ingress network device is a network device through which a service flow flows into the network, and the request packet includes a destination IP address of the service flow; and determining, by the controller, based on the destination IP address, that the service flow is an X2 service flow, and sending configuration information for TWAMP detection to the ingress network device and an egress network device, where the egress network device is a network device through which the service flow flows out of the network.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A configuration method, applied to a network on which detection is performed by using a two-way active measurement protocol (TWAMP), comprising:
receiving, by a controller, a request packet sent by an ingress network device, wherein the ingress network device is a network device through which a service flow flows into the network, and the request packet comprises a destination IP address of the service flow; and
determining, by the controller, based on the destination IP address, that the service flow is an X2 service flow, and sending configuration information for TWAMP detection to the ingress network device and an egress network device, wherein the egress network device is a network device through which the service flow flows out of the network.

2. The configuration method according to claim 1 , wherein the determining that the service flow is the X2 service flow comprises:
searching for, by the controller based on the destination IP address, an egress device and a private network interface that correspond to the destination IP address; and
determining, by the controller, that the service flow is the X2 service flow, in response to the controller determining that the found egress device and the found private network interface are respectively an egress device and a private network interface that are obtained through mask matching.

3. The configuration method according to claim 1 , wherein sending the configuration information for the TWAMP detection to the ingress network device and the egress network device comprises:
forwarding, by the controller, the request packet to the egress network device;
in response to the egress network device determining that the destination IP address corresponds to a virtual link (VLINK) route or an address resolution protocol (ARP) or a static route that is of the egress network device, receiving, by the controller, a response packet sent by the egress network device;
forwarding, by the controller, the response packet to the ingress network device; and
separately sending, by the controller, the configuration information for the TWAMP detection to the ingress network device and the egress network device.

4. The configuration method according to claim 1 , wherein
the request packet, the response packet, and a configuration packet that carries the configuration information use a same packet format, and the same packet format comprises a role field, a message type field, a response value field, a source IP address field of the service flow, and a destination IP address field of the service flow, wherein
the role field indicates a role of a device sending a packet, and the device role comprises the ingress network device, the controller, and the egress network device;
the message type field indicates a message type, and the message type comprises the request packet, the response packet, and the configuration packet;
the response value field indicates whether the service flow is the X2 service flow, and is valid in response to a value of the message type field indicating a response packet;
the source IP address field of the service flow indicates a source IP address of the service flow; and
the destination IP address field of the service flow indicates the destination IP address of the service flow.

5. A configuration method, applied to a network on which detection is performed by using a two-way active measurement protocol (TWAMP), comprising:
after a traffic analyzer collects an ingress service flow of a first device and an egress service flow of a second device for analysis, and determines that the first device is an ingress network device through which a service flow flows into the network, and that the second device is an egress network device through which the service flow flows out of the network, receiving, by a controller, a request packet sent by the traffic analyzer, wherein the request packet comprises a first identifier and a first interface of the ingress network device, a second identifier and a second interface of the egress network device, and a source IP address and a destination IP address of the service flow; and
determining, by the controller, based on the information in the request packet, that the service flow is an X2 service flow, and sending configuration information for TWAMP detection to the ingress network device and the egress network device.

6. The configuration method according to claim 5 , wherein determining that the service flow is the X2 service flow comprises:
determining, by the controller, that the ingress network device and the egress network device are bound to a same virtual routing forwarding;
indicating, by the controller, the ingress network device to determine whether the source IP address corresponds to a virtual link (VLINK) route or an address resolution protocol (ARP) or a static route that is on the first interface, and indicating the egress network device to determine whether the destination IP address corresponds to a VLINK route or an ARP or a static route that is on the second interface;
in response to the ingress network device determining that the source IP address corresponds to the VLINK route or the ARP or the static route that is on the first interface, receiving, by the controller, a first response packet sent by the egress network device;
in response to the egress network device determining that the destination IP address corresponds to the VLINK route or the ARP or the static route that is on the second interface, receiving, by the controller, a second response packet sent by the egress network device; and
determining, by the controller, that the service flow is the X2 service flow.

7. The configuration method according to claim 5 , wherein
the request packet, the response packet, and a configuration packet that carries the configuration information use a same packet format, and the packet format comprises a role field, a message type field, a response value field, a source IP address field of the service flow, and a destination IP address field of the service flow, wherein
the role field indicates a role of a device sending a packet, and the device role comprises the ingress device, the controller, and the egress device;
the message type field indicates a message type, and the message type comprises the request packet, the response packet, and the configuration packet;
the response value field indicates whether the service flow is the X2 service flow, and is valid in response to a value of the message type field indicating a response packet;
the source IP address field of the service flow indicates the source IP address of the service flow; and
the destination IP address field of the service flow indicates the destination IP address of the service flow.

8. A controller comprising:
a transceiver, a memory, and a processor;
the transceiver is configured to cooperate with the processor to receive a request packet sent by an ingress network device, wherein the ingress network device is a network device through which a service flow flows into the network, and the request packet comprises a destination IP address of the service flow; and
the processor is configured to execute a computer-readable instruction stored in the memory to: determine, based on the destination IP address, that the service flow is an X2 service flow, and indicate the transceiver to send configuration information for a two-way active measurement protocol (TWAMP) detection to the ingress network device and an egress network device, wherein the egress network device is a network device through which the service flow flows out of the network.

9. The controller according to claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to execut

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sun Chunxia
• Zhang Yaokun
• Wang Hailin

Classifications

• H04W40/12 Primary

  based on transmission quality or channel quality · CPC title

• H04L47/2483

  involving identification of individual flows · CPC title

• H04L61/103

  across network layers, e.g. resolution of network layer into physical layer addresses or address resolution protocol [ARP] · CPC title

• H04W24/08

  Testing, {supervising or monitoring} using real traffic · CPC title

• H04W40/24

  Connectivity information management, e.g. connectivity discovery or connectivity update · CPC title