ADAPTIVE IN-BAND NETWORK TELEMETRY FOR FULL NETWORK COVERAGE

    公开(公告)号:US20230017175A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-19

    申请号:US17935578

    申请日:2022-09-27

    Abstract: A mechanism for adaptively performing in-band network telemetry (INT) by a network controller is disclosed. The mechanism includes receiving one or more congestion indicators from a collector. An adjusted sampling rate is generated. The adjusted sampling rate is a specified rate of insertion of instruction headers for INT and is generated based on the congestion indicators. The adjusted sampling rate is transmitted to a head node, which is configured to perform INT via instruction header insertion into user packets.

    Packet Sending Method, Device and System

    公开(公告)号:US20220337521A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-20

    申请号:US17849113

    申请日:2022-06-24

    Abstract: This application provides a packet sending method. The method includes: receiving, by a first network device, a data packet, and encapsulating the data packet to obtain a first packet, where the first packet includes an IPv6 header, a bit index explicit replication BIER header, and the data packet, and some bits of a source IPv6 address field in the IPv6 header include identification information of a first tenant; and sending, by the first network device, the first packet to a second network device, where the identification information of the first tenant is used by the second network device to determine to send the data packet to an interface, corresponding to the first tenant, of the second network device.

    Method for Delivering OAM Configuration Information and Control Node

    公开(公告)号:US20220278925A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-01

    申请号:US17746078

    申请日:2022-05-17

    Abstract: A method for delivering operations, administration and maintenance (OAM) configuration information includes obtaining, by a control node in a communication network and from at least two of a plurality of first nodes in the communication network, advertisement packets, wherein each of the advertisement packets comprises indication information indicating a corresponding path detection mode supported by a sender of each of the advertisement packets; determining, by the control node based on a path detection mode to be used and the advertisement packets, a detection path; and delivering OAM configuration information to a head node in the detection path and a tail node in the detection path.

    Packet Processing Method and Apparatus, and Computer Storage Medium

    公开(公告)号:US20220109624A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-07

    申请号:US17552210

    申请日:2021-12-15

    Inventor: Cheng Li Zhenbin Li

    Abstract: This application discloses a packet processing method and apparatus, and a computer storage medium, and belongs to the field of segment routing technologies. In the method, the network node receives a packet carrying an SRH, where the SRH includes one or more TLV fields and a TLV processing attribute, the TLV processing attribute indicates whether the network node needs to process the TLV fields included in the SRH, and the network node determines, based on the TLV processing attribute, processing of the TLV fields included in the SRH. In this way, any segment endpoint node on a segment routing network may determine the TLV processing attribute by using the SRH, so as to determine whether the TLV fields included in the SRH need to be processed.

    Label management method, data stream processing method, and device

    公开(公告)号:US11233732B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-25

    申请号:US16025258

    申请日:2018-07-02

    Abstract: A label management method, a data stream processing method, and a device, where the label management method includes allocating, by a controller, a source label to a data stream, sending, by the controller, a first Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) update packet to an ingress network device on a label switching path (LSP) of the data stream, and sending a second BGP update packet to an egress network device on the LSP of the data stream, where the first BGP update packet includes a stream identifier of the data stream and the source label, and the second BGP update packet includes a mapping relationship between the source label and a source object of the data stream. Hence, configuration, management, and maintenance can be simplified.

    PACKET SENDING METHOD, NETWORK DEVICE, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM

    公开(公告)号:US20210194999A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-24

    申请号:US17194311

    申请日:2021-03-07

    Abstract: This application discloses a packet sending method, a network device, and a computer storage medium, and pertains to the field of communications technologies. The method includes: generating, by a network device, a first packet, where the first packet includes a field used to indicate a first protocol, the first packet further includes a field carrying data of the first protocol, and a protocol followed by the first packet is different from the first protocol; and sending, by the network device, the first packet to a peer network device. Because the protocol followed by the first packet is different from the first protocol, regardless of which protocol the first protocol is specifically, the data of the first protocol may be exchanged by using the first packet. In other words, this application provides a general protocol, to transmit the data of the first protocol. This improves packet sending flexibility.

    MPLS EXTENSION HEADERS FOR IN-NETWORK SERVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20210135986A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-06

    申请号:US17147208

    申请日:2021-01-12

    Abstract: Described herein are methods and devices (e.g., routers) that add in-network services to a multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) network. A method can include a router of the MPLS network receiving a packet and modifying the packet by adding one or more MPLS extension headers, adding a header of the extension header(s), and adding an indication within an MPLS label stack that one or more MPLS extension headers have been added to the packet. The method can also include the router forwarding the packet as modified to another router of the MPLS network. In certain embodiments, an extension header label (EHL) within a label value field of a label stack entry indicates that one or more MPLS extension headers have been added to the packet. In other embodiments, a forward equivalent class (FEC) indicates that one or more MPLS extension headers follow the MPLS label stack.

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