IP Library Granted Patent US 9,124,509
Granted Patent B2
US 9,124,509 · App. 13/536,552 · Granted Sep 1, 2015

Method, apparatus, and system for controlling network traffic switching

Inventors: Dayong Guo (Beijing, CN); Baolian Chen (Chengdu, CN)
Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
H04L45/125H04L45/02H04L45/04
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Patent No.
US 9,124,509
App. No.
13/536,552
Granted
Sep 1, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, an apparatus, and a system for controlling network traffic switching. The method for controlling network traffic switching includes: establishing a direct link interface, where the direct link interface has an address attribute of a peer node, and a value of the attribute is a peer node address of the direct link; and comparing a border gateway protocol (BGP) next-hop address of each route in a routing table with the peer node address of the direct link, and switching traffic on a route that matches a comparison result to the direct link. By using the preceding technical solution, after a direct link is established between nodes, a relevant node establishes a new type of interface for the direct link.

Claims (23)

1. A method for controlling network traffic switching, wherein a direct link exists between a local node and a peer node, and the method for controlling network traffic switching comprises:

establishing, by the local node, a direct link interface, wherein the direct link interface has an address attribute of the peer node, and a value of the address attribute is a peer node address of the direct link;

comparing, by the local node, a border gateway protocol (BGP) next-hop address of each route in a routing table with the peer node address of the direct link of the direct link interface; and

based on comparing that a BGP next-hop address of a route in the routing table is the same as the peer node address of the direct link, modifying, by the local node, the direct link interface to be an outgoing interface of the route, and modifying, by the local node, the peer node address of the direct link to be a direct next-hop address of the route.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the direct link between the local node and the peer node is established by a method comprising:

monitoring, by a network management system, traffic between network nodes, and establishing the direct link between the local node and the peer node according to a traffic monitoring result.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein:

the peer node address is in the form of an IPv4 address or an IPv6 address.

4. A network node, wherein a direct link exists between a local node and a peer node, and the network node comprises:

an interface establishing unit, configured to establish a direct link interface, wherein the direct link interface has an address attribute of the peer node, and a value of the address attribute is a peer node address of the direct link;

a comparing unit, configured to compare a border gateway protocol (BGP) next-hop address of each route in a routing table with the peer node address of the direct link of the direct link interface;

a route interface modifying sub-unit, configured to modify the direct link interface to be an outgoing interface of the route if a BGP next-hop address of the route in the routing table is the same as the peer node address of the direct link; and

a route address modifying unit, configured to modify the peer node address of the direct link to be a direct next-hop address of the route if the BGP next-hop address of the route in the routing table is the same as the peer node address of the direct link.

5. The network node according to claim 4 , wherein:

the peer node address is in the form of an IPv4 address or an IPv6 address.

6. A network system, comprising a network management device, a local node and a peer node, wherein,

the network management device is configured to establish a direct link between the local node and the peer node; and

the local node is configured to establish a direct link interface after the network management device establishes a direct link between the local node and the peer node, wherein the direct link interface has an address attribute of the peer node, and a value of the address attribute is a peer node address of the direct link, and compare a border gateway protocol (BGP) next-hop address of each route in a routing table with the peer node address of the direct link of the direct link interface; if a BGP next-hop address of a route in the routing table is the same as the peer node address of the direct link, modify the direct link interface to be an outgoing interface of the route, and modify the peer node address of the direct link to be a direct next-hop address of the route.

7. The network system according to claim 6 , wherein:

the network management device is configured to monitor traffic between network nodes and establish the direct link between the local node and the peer node according to a traffic monitoring result.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the direct next-hop address of the route is an Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) next-hop address of the route.

9. The network node according to claim 4 , wherein the direct next-hop address of the route is an Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) next-hop address of the route.

10. The network system according to claim 6 , wherein the direct next-hop address of the route is an Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) next-hop address of the route.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 8, 2020
From: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
To: APEX NET LLC
Reel/Frame 052344/0896 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2012
From: GUO, DAYONG; CHEN, BAOLIAN
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028463/0543 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2009 1 0261817 · Dec 30, 2009 · national
Continuity (2)
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