Resource Reservation Method And Related Device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2020244591-A1
Application number	US-202016785181-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 7, 2020
Priority date	Aug 8, 2017
Publication date	Jul 30, 2020
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to resource reservation methods. One example method includes receiving, by a controller, a resource reservation request that is of a communication session and that is sent by a sending device, where the resource reservation request carries resource requirement information, obtaining, by the controller based on the resource reservation request, identification information of a network device through which data transmission of the communication session to be performed between the sending device and a receiving device passes, and a resource index of the network device, sending, by the controller, the resource requirement information and the resource index to the network device based on the identification information, where the resource requirement information and the resource index are used to instruct the network device to configure a resource for the communication session, and sending, by the controller, the identification information and the resource index to the sending device.

First claim

1 . A resource reservation method, comprising:
receiving, by a controller, a resource reservation request that is of a communication session and that is sent by a sending device, wherein the resource reservation request carries resource requirement information; obtaining, by the controller based on the resource reservation request, identification information of a network device through which data transmission of the communication session to be performed between the sending device and a receiving device passes, and a resource index of the network device; sending, by the controller, the resource requirement information and the resource index to the network device based on the identification information, wherein the resource requirement information and the resource index are used to instruct the network device to configure a resource for the communication session; and sending, by the controller, the identification information and the resource index to the sending device.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the sending, by the controller, the identification information and the resource index to the sending device comprises:
receiving, by the controller, a response message that is fed back by the network device after the network device completes resource reservation based on the resource requirement information and the resource index; and sending, by the controller, the identification information and the resource index to the sending device based on the response message.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the resource reservation request further carries a destination address corresponding to the receiving device, and wherein the obtaining, by the controller based on the resource reservation request, identification information of a network device through which data transmission of the communication session to be performed between the sending device and a receiving device passes, and a resource index of the network device comprises:
obtaining, by the controller, the identification information and the resource index based on the resource requirement information and the destination address.

4 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein the obtaining, by the controller, the identification information and the resource index based on the resource requirement information and the destination address comprises:
obtaining, by the controller, an idle resource of the network device by accessing resources of all network devices maintained by the controller; obtaining, by the controller, the identification information based on the resource requirement information, the destination address, and the idle resource; and allocating, by the controller, the resource index to the communication session.

5 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the obtaining, by the controller, the identification information based on the resource requirement information, the destination address, and the idle resource comprises:
obtaining, by the controller from a network, a path that meets the resource requirement information, the destination address, and the idle resource; obtaining, by the controller from the path, a shortest path that is to be taken for the data transmission to be performed between the sending device and the receiving device; and determining, by the controller, the identification information based on the shortest path.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the sending, by the controller, the identification information and the resource index to the sending device comprises:
adding, by the controller, the identification information and the resource index to a signaling packet; and sending, by the controller, the signaling packet that carries the identification information and the resource index to the sending device.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the resource index comprises a leaky bucket index or a queue index.

8 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the resource requirement information comprises at least one of a bandwidth resource, a burst size, a maximum delay, a maximum delay variation, or a packet loss rate.

9 . A resource reservation method, comprising:
sending, by a sending device, a resource reservation request of a communication session to a controller; receiving, by the sending device, feedback information that is fed back by the controller based on the resource reservation request, wherein the feedback information carries identification information of a network device through which data transmission of the communication session passes, and a resource index of the network device; adding, by the sending device, the identification information and the resource index to data of the communication session; and sending, by the sending device, the data to a receiving device through the network device.

10 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein before the adding, by the sending device, the identification information and the resource index to data of the communication session, the method further comprises:
obtaining, by the sending device, a session identifier of the communication session; storing, by the sending device, the identification information and the resource index after associating the identification information and the resource index with the session identifier; and wherein the adding, by the sending device, the identification information and the resource index to data of the communication session comprises:
obtaining, by the sending device, the stored identification information and resource index based on the session identifier; and
adding, by the sending device, the identification information and the resource index to the data.

11 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein a type of the data comprises internet protocol version 6 (IPv6), internet protocol version 4 (IPv4), or multiprotocol label switching (MPLS).

12 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein the adding, by the sending device, the identification information and the resource index to data of the communication session comprises:
adding, by the sending device, the identification information and the resource index to an IPv6 header, an IPv4 header, or an MPLS header.

13 . A resource reservation method, comprising:
receiving, by a network device, resource requirement information of a communication session and a resource index that are sent by a controller; configuring, by the network device, a resource for the communication session based on the resource requirement information and the resource index, wherein the resource corresponds to the resource index; receiving, by the network device, data that is of the communication session and that is sent by a sending device, wherein the data carries a target resource index corresponding to the network device and target identification information corresponding to a next hop relative to the network device, wherein the target resource index is comprised in the resource index, and wherein the target identification information is comprised in identification information of a network device through which data transmission of the communication session passes; and forwarding, by the network device, the data based on the target resource index and the target identification information.

14 . The method according to claim 13 , wherein after the configuring, by the network device, a resource for the communication session based on the resource requirement information and the resource index, the method further comprises:
feeding back, by the network device, a response message to the controller after completing configuration of the resource.

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Meng Rui
• Wang Chuang
• Da Bin

Classifications

• H04L47/787

  Bandwidth trade among domains · CPC title

• H04L47/781 Primary

  Centralised allocation of resources · CPC title

• H04L47/72 Primary

  using reservation actions during connection setup · CPC title

• H04L47/821

  Prioritising resource allocation or reservation requests · CPC title