Method, system and controlling bridge for obtaining port extension topology information

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9515890-B2
Application number	US-201214115724-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 20, 2012
Priority date	May 6, 2011
Publication date	Dec 6, 2016
Grant date	Dec 6, 2016

Abstract

A method, system and controlling bridge (CB) for acquiring port extension (PE) topology information, and a method and system for processing an upstream port, wherein, the method for acquiring the port extension (PE) topology information includes: a CB receiving a link layer discovery protocol (LLDP) message sent by the PE, and perceiving an attachment of the PE; the CB receiving Extended Port Create message sent by the PE, and instantiating corresponding instantiated ports inside the CB. By adopting the above-mentioned technical scheme, the topology information of the PE connected to the CB can be obtained and a channel for forwarding data can be established, effectively.

First claim

What we claim is:

1. A method for acquiring port extension (PE) topology information by a controlling bridge (CB), comprising:
receiving, by the CB, a link layer discovery protocol (LLDP) message sent by the PE and perceiving an attachment of the PE; and
receiving, by the CB, Extended Port Create message sent by the PE;
acquiring, by the CB, extended port of the PE;
instantiating, by the CB, instantiated ports corresponding to the extended ports one by one inside the CB; and
establishing, by the CB, a channel between the instantiated port and the extended port corresponding to the instantiated port;
sending, by the CB, LLDP messages through ports to the PE, wherein the LLDP messages sent by the CB through the ports to the PE carry cascade port priorities assigned by the CB to the ports respectively;
and then the PE determining a port in the ports as an upstream port according to the received LLDP messages sent by the CB;
reconfiguring, by the PE, tag information on a previous upstream port onto the determined upstream port, and sending an LLDP message and extended port message through the determined upstream port.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
after instantiating the corresponding instantiated ports inside the CB, the CB sending an LLDP message to the PE through the instantiated ports; and then the PE determining an upstream port according to the received LLDP message sent by the CB.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
after the PE determines the upstream port, sending the LLDP message; or sending the Extended Port Create message to the CB through the upstream port; or sending the LLDP message and the Extended Port Create message to the CB through the upstream port.

4. The method according to claim 2 , further comprising:
after the PE determines the upstream port, sending the LLDP message; or sending the Extended Port Create message to the CB through the upstream port; or sending the LLDP message and the Extended Port Create message to the CB through the upstream port.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
if the LLDP message received by the CB and sent by the PE is the LLDP message sent by the PE and received by one port of the CB for a first time, then creating an internal PE inside the CB, and instantiating an instantiated port on the PE inside the CB, or
the CB receiving the LLDP message sent by the PE, creating an internal PE inside the CB; or instantiating ports on the CB and the internal PE to connect the CB and the PE; or creating an internal PE inside the CB, and instantiating ports on the CB and the internal PE to connect the CB and the PE.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
after the PE determines the upstream port, the PE changing the upstream port determined previously, reconfiguring tag information on the upstream port determined previously onto the changed upstream port; or, sending the LLDP message and the extended port message through the changed upstream port; or reconfiguring tag information on the upstream port determined previously onto the changed upstream port, and sending the LLDP message and the extended port message through the changed upstream port.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein, the step of the PE changing the upstream port determined previously comprises:
the PE changing the upstream port determined previously according to port priority information carried in the received LLDP messages sent by the CB; or changing the upstream port determined previously because the upstream port determined previously breaks down and is unable to work.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, the PE determines an upstream port other than a previous upstream port, which comprises:
the PE determining an upstream port other than the previous upstream port according to port priority information carried in the received LLDP messages sent by the CB; or determining an upstream port other than the previous upstream port because the previous upstream port breaks down and is unable to work.

9. A controlling bridge (CB) for acquiring port extension (PE) topology information, comprising:
an establishing device, a sending device, a processor, and a storage device for storing computer executable instructions, wherein,
a perceiving module executed, by the processor, to perceive the CB is connected to the PE after the CB receives a link layer discovery protocol (LLDP) message sent by the PE; and
after the CB receives the Extended Port Create message sent by the PE, the establishing device acquires extended ports of the PE,
instantiates instantiated ports corresponding to the extended ports one by one inside the CB, and
establishes channels from the instantiated ports to the extended ports corresponding to the instantiated ports;
the sending device sends LLDP messages through ports to the PE, wherein the LLDP messages sent by the sending device through the ports to the PE carry cascade port priorities assigned by the CB to the ports respectively,
the PE determines a port in the ports as an upstream port according to the received LLDP messages, and
the PE reconfigures tag information on a previous upstream port onto the determined upstream port, and sends an LLDP message and extended port message through the determined upstream port.

10. The CB according to claim 9 , wherein:
the sending device is further configured to: send an LLDP message to the PE through the instantiated ports after instantiating the corresponding instantiated ports inside the CB.

11. The CB according to claim 10 , wherein, the perceiving module is further configured to: if the LLDP message received by the CB and sent by the PE is the LLDP message sent by the PE and received by one port of the CB for a first time, then create an internal PE inside the CB, and instantiate an instantiated port on the PE inside the CB, or
wherein, the perceiving module is further executed, by the processor, to create an internal PE inside the CB; or
to instantiate ports on the CB and the internal PE to connect the CB and the PE when the CB receives the LLDP message sent by the PE; or
to create an internal PE inside the CB and instantiate ports on the CB and the internal PE to connect the CB and the PE when the CB receives the LLDP message sent by the PE.

12. A system for acquiring port extension (PE) topology information, comprising the CB according to entire claim 9 and a PE, wherein, the PE comprises a determination device and a sending device, wherein,
the determination device is configured to determine an upstream port according to a received link layer discovery protocol (LLDP) message sent by the CB; and
the sending device is configured to send an LLDP message and Extended Port Create message to the CB according to the upstream port determined by the determination device.

13. The system according to claim 12 , wherein, the PE further comprises a processing device, wherein:
the processing device is configured to determine an upstream port other than the previous upstream port, and reconfigure tag information on the previous upstream port onto the determined upstream port; and
the sending device is configured to send the LLDP message and the extended port message through the determined upstream port, preferably,
wherein: the processing device is configured to determine an upstream port other than the previous upstream port by means of: determining an upstream port other than the previous upstream port according to port priority information carried in the received LLDP messages sent by the CB; or determining an upstream port other than the previous upstream p

Assignees

• Ao ting
• Wei Yuehua
• Yu Jinghai
• Li Lin
• Zte Corp

Inventors

• Ao ting
• Wei Yuehua
• Yu Jinghai
• Li Lin

Classifications

• H04L45/302

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• H04L41/12 Primary

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