IP Library Granted Patent US 9,042,228
Granted Patent B2
US 9,042,228 · App. 13/404,793 · Granted May 26, 2015

Automatic protection switching method, device and system

Inventor: Hao Long (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
H04L45/24H04L41/5025H04L43/0882H04L45/125H04L45/22H04W40/00
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Patent No.
US 9,042,228
App. No.
13/404,793
Granted
May 26, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide an automatic protection switching method, device and system. The method includes: determining a part of services as to-be-switched service(s) according to change of bandwidth when monitoring that the bandwidth of the first transmission path changes; and switching the to-be-switched service(s) between links on the second transmission path and the first transmission path. Another method includes: receiving a partial switching message from a peer network edge node through the first transmission path or the second transmission path; and determining the to-be-switched service(s) according to indication information about the to-be-switched service(s) or bandwidth change information in the partial switching message, and switching the to-be-switched service(s) between links on the first transmission path and the second transmission path.

Claims (20)

1. An automatic protection switching method, comprising:

querying, by a network edge node when monitoring that a bandwidth of a first transmission path decreases, a protection switching policy to obtain a priority value corresponding to a decreased bandwidth value or a bandwidth decrease value according to the decrease of the bandwidth, wherein the protection switching policy comprises at least a mapping relationship between the decreased bandwidth value or bandwidth decrease value and the priority value, and comprises a switching rule, and the switching rule comprises indication information of determining service(s) with priority lower than the priority value as service(s) to be switched from the first transmission path to the second transmission path;

determining, by the network edge node, the service(s) with priority lower than the priority value as the service(s) to be switched from the first transmission path to the second transmission path; and

switching, by the network edge node, the to-be-switched service(s) between the second transmission path and the first transmission path.

2. The automatic protection switching method according to claim 1 , wherein: after the network edge node switches the to-be-switched service(s) between the second transmission path and the first transmission path, the method further comprises:

sending, by the network edge node, a partial switching message to a peer network edge node of the network edge node on the first transmission path or the second transmission path, wherein the partial switching message includes at least indication information about the to-be-switched service(s) or information about the bandwidth change, and is used to instruct the peer network edge node to determine the to-be-switched service(s) according to the partial switching message and switch the to-be-switched service(s) between the second transmission path and the first transmission path.

3. The automatic protection switching method according to claim 2 , wherein: sending, by the network edge node, the partial switching message to the peer network edge node of the network edge node on the first transmission path or the second transmission path comprises:

sending, by the network edge node through a channel for transmitting the to-be-switched service(s), the partial switching message to the peer network edge node of the network edge node on the first transmission path or the second transmission path, wherein indication information in the partial switching message is an identifier of a channel for transmitting the partial switching message.

4. The automatic protection switching method according to claim 1 , the method further comprises:

determining, by the network edge node, a part of protected services on the first transmission path as to-be-discarded services according to bandwidth change of the first transmission path, and discarding the to-be-discarded services.

5. An automatic protection switching method, comprising:

querying, by a network edge node when monitoring that a bandwidth of a first transmission path increases, a protection switching policy to obtain a priority value corresponding to an increased bandwidth value or a bandwidth increase value according to the increase of the bandwidth, wherein the protection switching policy comprises a mapping relationship between the increased bandwidth value or bandwidth increase value and the priority value, and comprises a switching rule, and the switching rule comprises indication information of determining service(s) with priority equal to or higher than the priority value as service(s) to be switched from the second transmission path to the first transmission path;

determining, by the network edge node, the service(s) with priority equal to or higher than the priority value as the service(s) to be switched from the second transmission path to the first transmission path; and

switching, by the network edge node, the to-be-switched service(s) between the second transmission path and the first transmission path.

6. The automatic protection switching method according to claim 5 , further comprising:

sending, by the network edge node, a partial switching message to a peer network edge node of the network edge node on the first transmission path or the second transmission path, wherein the partial switching message includes at least indication information about the to-be-switched service(s) or information about the bandwidth change, and is used to instruct the peer network edge node to determine the to-be-switched service(s) according to the partial switching message and switch the to-be-switched service(s) between the second transmission path and the first transmission path.

7. The automatic protection switching method according to claim 6 wherein: sending, by the network edge node, the partial switching message to the peer network edge node of the network edge node on the first transmission path or the second transmission path comprises:

sending, by the network edge node through a channel for transmitting the to-be-switched service(s), the partial switching message to the peer network edge node of the network edge node on the first transmission path or the second transmission path, wherein indication information in the partial switching message is an identifier of a channel for transmitting the partial switching message.

8. The automatic protection switching method according to claim 5 , further comprising:

determining, by the network edge node, a part of protected services on the first transmission path as to-be-discarded services according to bandwidth change of the first transmission path, and discarding the to-be-discarded services.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2012
From: LONG, HAO
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027761/0456 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2009 1 0091787 · Aug 25, 2009 · national
Continuity (2)
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