Automatic protection switching method, device and system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9755954-B2
Application number	US-201514598873-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 16, 2015
Priority date	Aug 25, 2009
Publication date	Sep 5, 2017
Grant date	Sep 5, 2017

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a protection switching method, comprises: determining that the bandwidth of at least one of the transmission paths changes; obtaining a final path bandwidth combination according to the bandwidth of the transmission path whose bandwidth changes, wherein the final path bandwidth combination is formed by bandwidths of the at least two transmission paths after the bandwidth of at least one transmission path changes; querying the stored mapping relationship between the path bandwidth combination and the channel allocation policy according to the final path bandwidth combination, and determining the channel allocation policy corresponding to the final path bandwidth combination; and performing channel switching according to the channel allocation policy corresponding to the final path bandwidth combination.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A protection switching method, wherein a protection group comprises a first protection switching node and a second protection switching node, and at least two transmission paths between the first protection switching node and the second protection switching node; a mapping relationship between a path bandwidth combination and a channel allocation policy is configured on the first protection switching node; and the path bandwidth combination is formed by bandwidths of the at least two transmission paths; the switching method comprises:
determining, by the first protection switching node, that the bandwidth of at least one of the transmission paths changes;
obtaining, by the first protection switching node, a final path bandwidth combination according to the bandwidth of the transmission path whose bandwidth changes, wherein the final path bandwidth combination is formed by bandwidths of the at least two transmission paths after the bandwidth of at least one transmission path changes;
querying, by the first protection switching node, the stored mapping relationship between the path bandwidth combination and the channel allocation policy according to the final path bandwidth combination, and determining the channel allocation policy corresponding to the final path bandwidth combination; and
performing, by the first protection switching node, channel switching according to the channel allocation policy corresponding to the final path bandwidth combination.

2. The automatic protection switching method according to claim 1 , wherein determining, that the bandwidth of at least one of the transmission paths changes comprises:
monitoring, by the first protection switching node, status of bandwidth of each transmission path in the protection group; and
determining, by the first protection switching node, that the bandwidth of at least one of the transmission paths changes according to the monitoring result.

3. The automatic protection switching method according to claim 1 , wherein determining, that the bandwidth of at least one of the transmission paths changes comprises:
receiving, by the first protection switching node, an Automatic Protection Switching message from the second protection switching node, wherein the Automatic Protection Switching message comprises status of bandwidth of at least one transmission path in the protection group; and
determining, by the first protection switching node, that the bandwidth of at least one of the transmission paths changes according to the Automatic Protection Switching message.

4. The automatic protection switching method according to claim 1 , wherein determining, that the bandwidth of at least one of the transmission paths changes comprises:
monitoring, by the first protection switching node, status of bandwidth of each transmission path in the protection group;
receiving, by the first protection switching node, an Automatic Protection Switching message from the second protection switching node, wherein the Automatic Protection Switching message comprises status of bandwidth of at least one transmission path in the protection group;
determining, by the first protection switching node, that the bandwidth of at least one of the transmission paths changes according to at least one of the monitoring result and the Automatic Protection Switching message.

5. The automatic protection switching method according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission path is a label switching path, the channel is one of a Pseudowire or a nested inner-layer LSP.

6. The automatic protection switching method according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission path is one of a Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) connection or Provider Backbone Bridge-Traffic Engineering connection, and the channel is a inner-layer VLAN.

7. The automatic protection switching method according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission path is a higher-order Optical channel Data Unit (ODU) cross-connect path, the channel is a lower-order ODU.

8. The automatic protection switching method according to claim 1 , wherein the transmission path is a VC4 cross connection, the channel is a lower-order VC.

9. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory readable storage medium having a program code stored thereon for use by a first protection switching node, wherein a protection group comprises the first protection switching node and a second protection switching node, and at least two transmission paths between the first protection switching node and the second protection switching node; a mapping relationship between a path bandwidth combination and a channel allocation policy is configured on the first protection switching node; and the path bandwidth combination is formed by bandwidths of the at least two transmission paths, the program code comprising:
instructions for determining that the bandwidth of at least one of the transmission paths changes;
instructions for obtaining a final path bandwidth combination according to the bandwidth of the transmission path whose bandwidth changes, wherein the final path bandwidth combination is formed by bandwidths of the at least two transmission paths after the bandwidth of at least one transmission path changes;
instructions for querying the stored mapping relationship between the path bandwidth combination and the channel allocation policy according to the final path bandwidth combination, and determining the channel allocation policy corresponding to the final path bandwidth combination; and
instructions for performing channel switching according to the channel allocation policy corresponding to the final path bandwidth combination.

10. The computer program product according to claim 9 , wherein instructions for determining that the bandwidth of at least one of the transmission paths changes comprise:
instructions for monitoring status of bandwidth of each transmission path in the protection group; and
instructions for determining that the bandwidth of at least one of the transmission paths changes according to the monitoring result.

11. The computer program product according to claim 9 , wherein instructions for determining that the bandwidth of at least one of the transmission paths changes comprise:
instructions for receiving an Automatic Protection Switching message from the second protection switching node, wherein the Automatic Protection Switching message comprises status of bandwidth of at least one transmission path in the protection group; and
instructions for determining that the bandwidth of at least one of the transmission paths changes according to the Automatic Protection Switching message.

12. The computer program product according to claim 9 , wherein instructions for determining that the bandwidth of at least one of the transmission paths changes comprise:
instructions for monitoring status of bandwidth of each transmission path in the protection group;
instructions for receiving an Automatic Protection Switching message from the second protection switching node, wherein the Automatic Protection Switching message comprises status of bandwidth of at least one transmission path in the protection group;
instructions for determining that the bandwidth of at least one of the transmission paths changes according to the monitoring result and/or the Automatic Protection Switching message.

13. The computer program product according to claim 9 , wherein the transmission path is a label switching path, the channel is one of a Pseudowire or a nested inner-layer LSP.

14. The computer program product according to claim 9 , wherein the transmission path is one of a

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Long Hao

Classifications

• H04L45/306

  Route determination based on the nature of the carried application · CPC title

• H04L45/24 Primary

  Multipath · CPC title

• H04L41/0654

  using network fault recovery (ring fault isolation or reconfiguration in loop networks without recovery actions by a network management system H04L12/437) · CPC title

• H04L45/125

  based on throughput or bandwidth · CPC title

• H04L43/0882

  Utilisation of link capacity · CPC title