Method for creating ring network label switched path, related device, and communications system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9350620-B2
Application number	US-201414332860-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 16, 2014
Priority date	Jan 17, 2012
Publication date	May 24, 2016
Grant date	May 24, 2016

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method for creating a ring network label switched path. The method includes: receiving, by a first node, a first Path message used for creating a first label switched path from a second node; allocating a first label to the first label switched path; sending a first Resv message carrying the first label to the second node; and when the first node receives a second Path message and determines that a destination node of the second label switched path is the same as that of the first label switched path, allocating the first label to the second label switched path; and sending a second Resv message carrying the first label to the second node. Solutions of the embodiments of the present invention helps reduce the number of created ring network label switched paths and maintenance complexity.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for creating a ring network label switched path, comprising:
receiving, by a first node, a first Path message used for creating a first label switched path from a second node;
allocating, by the first node, a first label to the first label switched path;
sending, by the first node, a first Resv message carrying the first label to the second node; and
when the first node receives a second Path message used for creating a second label switched path from the second node and determines that a destination node of the second label switched path is the same as that of the first label switched path, and the first node, the second node, and the destination node are located in a same ring network, allocating, by the first node, the first label to the second label switched path; and sending, to the second node, a second Resv message carrying the first label allocated to the second label switched path.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
the first Path message carries a ring identifier of a ring network where a source node corresponding to the first label switched path is located; the second Path message carries a ring identifier of a ring network where a source node corresponding to the second label switched path is located; and the ring identifier of the ring network where the source node corresponding to the first label switched path is located is the same as the ring identifier of the ring network where the source node corresponding to the second label switched path is located.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:
after the receiving, by a first node, a first Path message used for creating a first label switched path from a second node, the method further comprises: creating, by the first node, a Path state information block for the first label switched path; and
after the first node receives the second Path message used for creating the second label switched path from the second node, the method further comprises: creating, by the first node, a Path state information block for the second label switched path, and merging the Path state information blocks created for the first label switched path and the second label switched path.

4. The method according to claim 3 , further comprising:
generating, by the first node, according to the merged Path state information blocks, a Path message used for path state refreshing, and sending the Path message.

5. The method according to of claim 1 , wherein
after the receiving, by a first node, a first Path message used for creating a first label switched path from a second node, the method further comprises: sending, by the first node to a downstream node of the first label switched path, a Path message used for creating the first label switched path; and when the first node receives, from the downstream node of the first label switch path, a third Resv message corresponding to the first label switched path, creating, by the first node, a Resv state information block for the first label switched path; and
after the the first node receives the second Path message used for creating the second label switched path from the second node, the method further comprises: sending, by the first node to a downstream node of the second label switched path, a Path message used for creating the second label switched path; and when the first node receives, from the downstream node of the second label switch path, a fourth Resv message corresponding to the second label switched path, creating, by the first node, a Resv state information block for the second label switched path, and merging the Resv state information blocks created for the first label switched path and the second label switched path.

6. The method according to claim 5 , further comprising:
generating, by the first node, according to the merged Resv state information blocks, a Resv message used for path state refreshing, and sending the Resv message.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
when the first node is an intermediate node of the second label switched path,
after the first node receives the second Path message used for creating the second label switched path from the second node, the method further comprises:
determining, by the first node, whether a resource requirement of the second label switched path is not designated, and when the resource requirement of the second label switched path is not designated, skipping sending, by the first node, the second Path message to a downstream node of the second label switched path.

8. The method according to claim 1 , comprising:
advertising, by the first node, a ring identifier corresponding to the first node or at least one interface of the first node;
and/or
collecting, by the first node, network topology information;
wherein the network topology information comprises: a ring identifier that is advertised by at least another one node in a same ring network where the first node is located and is corresponding to the at least another one node or at least one interface of the at least another one node.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the following to be performed:
receiving a first Path message used for creating a first label switched path from a second node;
allocating a first label to the first label switched path; and
sending a first Resv message carrying the first label to the second node;
wherein, when a second Path message used for creating a second label switched path is received from the second node and a destination node of the second label switched path is the same as that of the first label switched path, and the network node, the second node, and the destination node are located in a same ring network,
the allocating comprises allocating the first label to the second label switched path, and
the instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the following to be performed: sending, to the second node, a second Resv message carrying the first label allocated to the second label switched path.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 9 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the following to be performed:
receiving the first Path message from the second node and used for creating the first label switched path, creating a Path state information block for the first label switched path; and after receiving the second Path message from the second node and used for creating the second label switched path, creating a Path state information block for the second label switched path; and
merging the Path state information blocks created for the first label switched path and the second label switched path.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium according to claim 9 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, further cause the following to be performed:
after receiving the first Path message used for creating the first label switched path from the second node, sending, to a downstream node of the first label switched path, a Path message for creating the first label switched path;
when receiving, from the downstream node of the first label switch path, a third Resv message corresponding to the first label switched path, creating a Resv state information block for the first label switched path;
after receiving the second Path message used for creating the second label switched path from the second node, sending, to a downstream node of the second label switched path, a Path message for creating the second label switched path;
when receiving, from the downstream node of the second label switch

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chen Guoyi
• Zheng Lianshu
• Dong Jie

Classifications

• H04L41/12 Primary

  Discovery or management of network topologies · CPC title

• H04L12/437 Primary

  Ring fault isolation or reconfiguration {(for SDH/SONET ring networks H04J3/085)} · CPC title

• H04L12/4637

  Interconnected ring systems · CPC title

• H04L12/40013

  Details regarding a bus controller · CPC title

• H04L45/50

  using label swapping, e.g. multi-protocol label switch [MPLS] · CPC title