Method, node device and system for establishing label switched path

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9755905-B2
Application number	US-201615018613-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 8, 2016
Priority date	Feb 17, 2011
Publication date	Sep 5, 2017
Grant date	Sep 5, 2017

Abstract

Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method for advertising link bandwidth information. The method comprises sending a link state advertisement (LSA) message, which comprises bandwidth information of a link, to a plurality of network nodes in a network. The bandwidth information comprises a plurality of link bandwidths and availabilities corresponding to the plurality of link bandwidths respectively. Each availability is a time scale that the corresponding link bandwidth is ensured.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for advertising link bandwidth information, the method comprising:
sending a link state advertisement (LSA) message comprising bandwidth information of a link to a plurality of network nodes in a network, wherein the bandwidth information comprises a plurality of link bandwidths, and availabilities corresponding to the plurality of link bandwidths, respectively, wherein each availability is a time scale that a corresponding link bandwidth is ensured.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein after sending the LSA message, the method further comprises:
receiving a Path message sent by a source node to a sink node, wherein the Path message carries bandwidth request information including a plurality of availability parameters and a plurality of requested bandwidths under the plurality of availability parameters respectively, wherein each of the plurality of availability parameters is a time scale that the corresponding requested bandwidth is ensured;
reserving the plurality of requested bandwidths if each of the plurality of requested bandwidths can be ensured by a remaining bandwidth.

3. A method for computing a label switched path, the method comprising:
receiving a link state advertisement (LSA) message from a microwave node, wherein the LSA message comprises bandwidth information of a link, wherein the bandwidth information comprises a plurality of link bandwidths, and availabilities corresponding to the plurality of link bandwidths, respectively, where each availability is a time scale that a corresponding link bandwidth is ensured;
obtaining network topology information according to the LSA message; and
calculating a label switching path (LSP) route based on the network topology information.

4. A node device comprising:
a receiver configured to receive a connection establishment request message sent by a source node to a sink node, wherein the connection establishment request message includes bandwidth request information; and
a transmitter, configured to send a link state advertisement (LSA) message comprising bandwidth information of a link to a plurality of network nodes in a network, wherein the bandwidth information comprises a plurality of link bandwidths, and availabilities corresponding to the plurality of link bandwidths, respectively, wherein each availability is a time scale that a corresponding link bandwidth is ensured.

5. The device according to claim 4 , further comprising:
a processor coupled to the receiver and the transmitter, configured to compare each of the plurality of requested bandwidths with a respective remaining bandwidth under the availability parameter corresponding to the requested bandwidth; and reserve the plurality of requested bandwidths if each of the plurality of requested bandwidths is smaller than or equal to the respective remaining bandwidth.

6. The device according to claim 4 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
reserve the plurality of requested bandwidths if each of the plurality of requested bandwidths can be ensured by a remaining bandwidth.

7. A route computing unit comprising:
a receiver, configured to receive a link state advertisement (LSA) message from a microwave node, wherein the LSA message comprises bandwidth information of a link, wherein the bandwidth information comprises a plurality of link bandwidths, and availabilities corresponding to the plurality of link bandwidths, respectively, where each availability is a time scale that a corresponding link bandwidth is ensured; and
a processor coupled to the receiver, configured to obtain network topology information according to the LSA message; and calculate a label switching path (LSP) route based on the network topology information.

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Luo Yanxing
• Long Hao
• Yan Min

Classifications

• H04L41/0896 Primary

  Bandwidth or capacity management, i.e. automatically increasing or decreasing capacities (flow or congestion control using dynamic resource allocation, e.g. in-call renegotiation, H04L47/76) · CPC title

• H04L47/825

  Involving tunnels, e.g. MPLS · CPC title

• H04L47/724

  at intermediate nodes, e.g. resource reservation protocol [RSVP] · CPC title

• H04L45/507 Primary

  Label distribution · CPC title

• H04L41/12

  Discovery or management of network topologies · CPC title