DNS query method and device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12445411-B2
Application number	US-202418417441-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 19, 2024
Priority date	Jul 20, 2021
Publication date	Oct 14, 2025
Grant date	Oct 14, 2025

Abstract

A DNS query method includes receiving, by a first communication device, a DNS query to obtain an FQDN; sending, by the first communication device, first information to a second communication device, where the first information includes the FQDN or N server IP addresses corresponding to the FQDN, and N is a positive integer; obtaining, by the first communication device, server experience information corresponding to the N server IP addresses from the second communication device, where the server experience information is used to indicate service experience of a server corresponding to each of the server IP addresses; and sending, by the first communication device, a DNS response to a terminal based on the server experience information.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A domain name server (DNS) query method, wherein the method comprises:
receiving, by a first communication device, a DNS query to obtain a fully qualified domain name (FQDN);
sending, by the first communication device, first information to a second communication device, wherein the first information comprises the FQDN or N server Internet protocol (IP) addresses corresponding to the FQDN, and N is a positive integer;
obtaining, by the first communication device, N pieces of server experience information from the second communication device, wherein one piece of server experience information corresponds to one server IP address of the FQDN, and each piece of server experience information is used to indicate service experience of a server corresponding to a respective corresponding server IP address; and
sending, by the first communication device, a DNS response to a terminal based on the server experience information.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the DNS response comprises at least one of the following:
the server experience information;
order information corresponding to the N server IP addresses corresponding to the FQDN; or
a target server IP address, wherein
the order information is used to represent optimal or sub-optimal degrees of service experience of a server corresponding to each of the server IP addresses; and the target server IP address is determined based on the server experience information, and the target server IP address is at least one of the N server IP addresses.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the order information corresponding to the N server IP addresses comprises:
an ordering list corresponding to the N server IP addresses;
priority information corresponding to the N server IP addresses; and
sorted N server IP addresses.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in a case that the first information comprises the N server IP addresses, before the sending, by the first communication device, first information to a second communication device, the method further comprises:
performing, by the first communication device, DNS resolution according to the FQDN to obtain the N server IP addresses that match the FQDN.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first information comprises the FQDN; and
after the sending, by the first communication device, first information to a second communication device, the method further comprises:
obtaining, by the first communication device, the N server IP addresses from the second communication device, wherein
the N server IP addresses are obtained by the second communication device by performing a database query according to the FQDN.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the server experience information is obtained by the second communication device by performing a database query according to the first information.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the sending, by the first communication device, a DNS response to a terminal based on the server experience information comprises:
performing, by the first communication device, ordering on the N server IP addresses corresponding to the FQDN based on the server experience information, and sending the DNS response to the terminal, wherein
the DNS response comprises order information corresponding to the N server IP addresses.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the server experience information comprises at least one of the following:
a response delay, an uplink/downlink transmission rate, an uplink/downlink bandwidth, a packet loss rate, or a maximum rate.

9. A communication device, comprising a processor, a memory, and a program or an instruction stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein when the program or the instruction is executed by the processor, steps of the DNS query method according to claim 1 are implemented.

10. A domain name server (DNS) query method, wherein the method comprises:
receiving, by a terminal, a DNS response from a first communication device, wherein the DNS response comprises N server Internet protocol (IP) addresses; and
determining, by the terminal, a target server IP address based on the DNS response, wherein the target server IP address is related to server experience information corresponding to the N server IP addresses; the server experience information is used to indicate service experience of a server corresponding to each of the server IP addresses; the target server IP address is at least one of the N server IP addresses; and N is a positive integer.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the determining, by the terminal, a target server IP address based on the DNS response comprises:
sending, by the terminal, the N server IP addresses to a second communication device;
receiving, by the terminal, N pieces of server experience information sent by the second communication device; and
determining, by the terminal, the target server IP address from the N server IP addresses based on the N pieces of server experience information.

12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the sending, by the terminal, the N server IP addresses to a second communication device comprises:
sending, by the terminal, the N server IP addresses to the second communication device through a third communication device.

13. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the DNS response further comprises at least one of the following:
the server experience information;
order information corresponding to the N server IP addresses; or
the target server IP address, wherein
the order information is used to represent optimal or sub-optimal degrees of service experience of a server corresponding to each of the server IP addresses.

14. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the determining, by the terminal, a target server IP address based on the DNS response comprises:
sending, by the terminal, the N server IP addresses to the second communication device through a third communication device;
receiving, by the terminal, DNS information sent by the third communication device; and
determining, by the terminal, the target server IP address based on the DNS information, wherein
the DNS information is determined by the third communication device based on the server experience information that is corresponding to the N server IP addresses and that is fed back by the second communication device.

15. A terminal, comprising a processor, a memory, and a program or an instruction stored in the memory and executable on the processor, wherein when the program or the instruction is executed by the processor, steps of the DNS query method according to claim 6 are implemented.

16. A domain name server (DNS) query method, wherein the method comprises:
obtaining, by a second communication device, N server Internet protocol (IP) addresses;
performing, by the second communication device, a database query based on the N server IP addresses to obtain server experience information of the N server IP addresses, wherein N is a positive integer; and
sending, by the second communication device, the server experience information to a target device, wherein
the target device comprises any one of the following: a terminal, a first communication device, and a third communication device, and the server experience information is used to indicate service experience of a server corresponding to each of the server IP addresses.

17. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the obtaining, by a second communication device, N server IP addres

Assignees

• Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lv Huazhang
• Wu Xiaobo
• Ke Xiaowan

Classifications

• H04L61/4552

  Lookup mechanisms between a plurality of directories; Synchronisation of directories, e.g. metadirectories · CPC title

• H04L67/1004

  Server selection for load balancing · CPC title

• H04L67/51

  Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services · CPC title

• H04L61/4511 Primary

  using domain name system [DNS] · CPC title