Communication method and apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025175425-A1
Application number	US-202519037763-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 27, 2025
Priority date	Jul 29, 2022
Publication date	May 29, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

In one example communication method, a first node obtains logical channel information corresponding to a preset QoS parameter, where the logical channel information is used to establish a logical transmission channel between the first node and a second node, the second node is a neighboring node of the first node, and the logical transmission channel is used to provide QoS guarantee for a packet corresponding to the preset QoS parameter. The first node receives a first packet sent by the second node, where the first packet includes at least one of an SLNA of the second node or an L2ID of an interface of the second node. The first node performs communication at a network layer with the second node based on the logical channel information, the SLNA of the second node, and the L2ID of the interface of the second node.

First claim

1 . A communication method, comprising:
obtaining, by a first node, logical channel information corresponding to a preset quality of service (QoS) parameter, wherein the logical channel information is used to establish a logical transmission channel between the first node and a second node, wherein the second node is a neighboring node of the first node, and wherein the logical transmission channel is used to provide QoS guarantee for a packet corresponding to the preset QoS parameter; receiving, by the first node, a first packet sent by the second node, wherein the first packet comprises at least one of a spark link network address (SLNA) of the second node or a layer 2 identifier (L2ID) of an interface of the second node; and performing, by the first node, communication at a network layer with the second node based on the logical channel information, the SLNA of the second node, and the L2ID of the interface of the second node.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the logical channel information comprises at least one of a transport channel identifier (TCID) or a logical channel identifier (LCID).

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the performing, by the first node, communication at a network layer with the second node based on the logical channel information, the SLNA of the second node, and the L2ID of the interface of the second node comprises:
establishing, by the first node, a forwarding table based on the logical channel information, the SLNA of the second node, and the L2ID of the interface of the second node, wherein the forwarding table comprises at least one of the logical channel information, the SLNA of the second node, or the L2ID of the interface of the second node, and wherein the logical channel information, the SLNA of the second node, and the L2ID of the interface of the second node are in a one-to-one correspondence.

4 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein the forwarding table further comprises a link quality level in a sending direction from the first node to the second node, and wherein the link quality level indicates link quality in the sending direction from the first node to the second node.

5 . The method according to claim 4 , wherein the link quality level is comprised in the first packet.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first packet further comprises an area address of the second node, wherein the second node is an intermediate node, wherein the area address of the second node indicates that an area in which the second node is located is at least one of a level-1 area or a level-2 area, and wherein the level-2 area is used to connect the level-1 area.

7 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein the level-1 area is a non-backbone area, and wherein the level-2 area is a backbone area.

8 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein:
the area address of the second node belongs to an address range of the level-1 area, and the area address of the second node indicates that the area in which the second node is located is the level-1 area; the area address of the second node belongs to an address range of the level-2 area, and the area address of the second node indicates that the area in which the second node is located is the level-2 area; or the area address of the second node belongs to an address range of the level-1 area and the level-2 area, and the area address of the second node indicates that the area in which the second node is located is an overlapping area of the level-1 area and the level-2 area.

9 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first packet further indicates a type of the second node.

10 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first packet comprises a first type length value (TLV) field, and wherein the first TLV field comprises at least one of the SLNA of the second node or the L2ID of the interface of the second node.

11 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein one or more SLNAs of the second node correspond to an L2ID of one interface of the second node.

12 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein the first packet further comprises a second TLV field, and wherein the second TLV field comprises a link quality level.

13 . The method according to claim 12 , wherein the first packet further comprises a third TLV field, wherein the third TLV field comprises one length field and at least one area address field corresponding to the length field, wherein the length field indicates a total length of the at least one area address field, and wherein one area address field indicates one area address of the second node.

14 . The method according to claim 13 , wherein the first packet further comprises a fourth TLV field, and wherein the fourth TLV field indicates an authentication algorithm used by the second node, or the fourth TLV field indicates an authentication algorithm and an authentication key that are used by the second node.

15 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first node is an end node, the second node is an intermediate node, and the method further comprises:
adding, by the first node, default route information to a routing table of the first node, wherein the default route information comprises at least one of a default destination address, an outbound interface of the first node, an L2ID of an interface of a next-hop node, or the logical channel information, and wherein the next-hop node is the second node.

16 . A communication apparatus, wherein the communication apparatus is a first node, and the communication apparatus comprises:
a transceiver; at least one processor; and at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor and storing programming instructions for execution by the at least one processor to cause the transceiver to:
obtain logical channel information corresponding to a preset quality of service (Qos) parameter, wherein the logical channel information is used to establish a logical transmission channel between the first node and a second node, wherein the second node is a neighboring node of the first node, and wherein the logical transmission channel is used to provide QoS guarantee for a packet corresponding to the preset QoS parameter;
receive a first packet sent by the second node, wherein the first packet comprises at least one of a spark link network address (SLNA) of the second node or a layer 2 identifier (L2ID) of an interface of the second node; and
perform communication at a network layer with the second node based on the logical channel information, the SLNA of the second node, and the L2ID of the interface of the second node.

17 . The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein the logical channel information comprises at least one of a transport channel identifier (TCID) or a logical channel identifier (LCID).

18 . The apparatus according to claim 16 , wherein performing communication at the network layer with the second node based on the logical channel information, the SLNA of the second node, and the L2ID of the interface of the second node comprises:
establishing a forwarding table based on the logical channel information, the SLNA of the second node, and the L2ID of the interface of the second node, wherein the forwarding table comprises at least one of the logical channel information, the SLNA of the second node, or the L2ID of the interface of the second node, and wherein the logical channel information, the SLNA of the second node, and the L2ID of the interface of the second node are in a one-to-one correspondence.

19 . The apparatus

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhang Xudong
• Wang Yali
• Tang Weiping
• Wang Jian

Classifications

• H04W76/12

  Setup of transport tunnels · CPC title

• H04W40/12

  based on transmission quality or channel quality · CPC title

• H04W28/0263

  involving mapping traffic to individual bearers or channels, e.g. traffic flow template [TFT] · CPC title

• H04L47/805

  QOS or priority aware · CPC title

• H04L45/74 Primary

  Address processing for routing · CPC title