Message forwarding method, system, and relay agent device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9331939-B2
Application number	US-201414444554-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 28, 2014
Priority date	Mar 29, 2011
Publication date	May 3, 2016
Grant date	May 3, 2016

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a message forwarding method and system, and a relay agent device. The forwarding method includes: receiving a first DHCPv6 message from a DHCPv6 client through a layer-3 interface; generating a Relay-forward message, where the first DHCPv6 message is encapsulated into the Relay-forward message and an identifier of the layer-3 interface is added therein; and sending the Relay-forward message to a DHCPv6 server.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for forwarding message, comprising:
receiving, by a relay agent device, a first Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for Internet Protocol version 6 (DHCPv6) packet from a user device through an interface on the relay agent device;
generating, by the relay agent device, a Relay-forward message comprising a Relay-message Option, a first Interface-ID Option and a second Interface-ID Option, wherein both the first Interface-ID Option and the second Interface-ID Option are in compliance to Option 18 defined in Request For Comments (RFC) 3315, and the first and second Interface-ID Options are respectively in two separate fields of the Relay-forward message; wherein the Relay-message Option encapsulates the first DHCPv6 packet, the first Interface-ID Option indicates an identifier of a port on the relay agent device on which the first DHCPv6 packet is received, and the second Interface-ID Option indicates an identifier of the interface through which the first DHCPv6 packet is received; and
sending, by the relay agent device, the Relay-forward message to a DHCPv6 server.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, by the relay agent device, a Relay-reply message from the DHCPv6server, wherein the Relay-reply message encapsulates a second DHCPv6 packet and the identifier of the interface; and
forwarding, by the relay agent device, the second DHCPv6 packet to the user device according to the identifier of the interface.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the relay agent device comprises an Access Node.

4. The method for forwarding message according to claim 1 , wherein the port is a physical port.

5. The method for forwarding message according to claim 1 , wherein the identifier of the interface is Virtual Local Access Network identifier (VLAN ID) of the interface on the relay agent device.

6. The method for forwarding message according to claim 1 , wherein the identifier of the interface is an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the interface on the relay agent device.

7. A relay agent device, comprising:
a receiver, configured to receive a first Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for Internet Procotol version 6 (DHCPv6) packet from a user device through an interface on the relay agent device;
a processor coupled to the receiver, configured to generate a Relay-forward message comprising a Relay-message Option, a first Interface-ID Option and a second Interface-ID Option, wherein both the first Interface-ID Option and the second Interface-ID Option are in compliance with Option 18 defined in Request For Comments (RFC) 3315, and the first and second Interface-ID Options are respectively in two separate fields of the Relay-forward message; wherein the Relay-message Option encapsulates the first DHCPv6 packet, the first Interface-ID Option indicates an identifier of a port on the relay agent device on which the first DHCPv6 packet is received, and the second Interface-ID Option indicates an identifier of the interface through which the first DHCPv6 packet is received; and
a transmitter coupled to the processor, configured to send the Relay-forward message to a DHCPv6 server.

8. The relay agent device according to claim 7 , wherein the relay agent device comprises an Access Node.

9. The relay agent device according to claim 7 , wherein the port is a physical port.

10. The relay agent device according to claim 7 , wherein the identifier of the interface is Virtual Local Access Network identifier (VLAN ID) of the interface on the relay agent device.

11. The relay agent device according to claim 7 , wherein the identifier of the interface is an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the interface on the relay agent device.

12. A system for forwarding message, comprising a relay agent device and a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for Internet Protocol version 6 (DHCPv6) server, wherein the relay agent device is configured to:
receive a first DHCPv6 packet through an interface on the relay agent device; generate a Relay-forward message comprising a Relay-message Option, a first Interface-ID Option and a second Interface-ID Option, wherein both the first Interface-ID Option and the second Interface-ID Option are in compliance with Option 18 defined in Request For Comments (RFC) 3315, and the first and second Interface-ID Options are respectively in two separate fields of the Relay-forward message; wherein the Relay-message Option encapsulates the first DHCPv6 packet, the first Interface-ID Option indicates an identifier of a port on the relay agent device on which the first DHCPv6packet was received, and the second Interface-ID Option indicates an identifier of the interface through which the first DHCPv6 packet is received; and
send the Relay-forward message to the DHCPv6 server; and
the DHCPv6 server is configured to receive the Relay-forward message.

13. The system according to claim 12 , wherein the relay agent device comprises an Access Node.

14. The system for forwarding message according to claim 12 , wherein the port is a physical port.

15. The system for forwarding message according to claim 12 , wherein the identifier of the interface is Virtual Local Access Network identifier (VLAN ID) of the interface on the relay agent device.

16. The system for forwarding message according to claim 12 , wherein the identifier of the interface is an Internet Protocol (IP) address of the interface on the relay agent device.

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Li Chenggang
• Li Hongyu
• Luo Yong

Classifications

• H04L45/74 Primary

  Address processing for routing · CPC title

• H04L61/5014 Primary

  using dynamic host configuration protocol [DHCP] or bootstrap protocol [BOOTP] · CPC title

• H04L61/6059

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L47/10

  Flow control; Congestion control · CPC title

• H04L61/2015

  Electricity · mapped topic