Granted Patent B2

US 12,355,657 · App. 17/907,303 · Granted Jul 8, 2025

Inventor: Jianjun He (Shenzhen, CN)

Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION

H04L45/123H04L47/34

Abstract

Claims (48)

1. A packet sending method, comprising:

acquiring a current sequence number of a current link-state packet;

generating a link-state packet with a transition sequence number according to the current sequence number, wherein the link-state packet with the transition sequence number is newer than a link-state packet with a maximum sequence number and older than a link-state packet with an initial sequence number; and

sending the link-state packet with the transition sequence number;

turning on a transition sequence number capability switch;

wherein generating a link-state packet with a transition sequence number according to the current sequence number comprises:

generating a link-state packet with a transition sequence number according to the current sequence number and a state of the transition sequence number capability switch;

wherein after turning on the transition sequence number capability switch, the method further comprises:

updating information of local devices that do not support the transition sequence number capability in the whole network according to the state of the transition sequence number capability switch; and

flooding out the state of the transition sequence number capability switch, so that other devices update the information of devices that do not support the transition sequence number capability in the whole network of a corresponding device according to the state of the transition sequence number capability switch;

wherein generating a link-state packet with a transition sequence number according to the current sequence number and a state of a transition sequence number capability switch comprises:

generating a link-state packet with a transition sequence number according to the current sequence number and the information of devices that do not support the transition sequence number capability in the whole network.

2. The packet sending method of claim 1 , wherein turning on the transition sequence number capability switch comprises:

acquiring a current sequence number of a current link-state packet, and in response to the current sequence number being within a first preset range, turning on the transition sequence number capability switch; or

acquiring a current sequence number of a link-state packet with a maximum sequence number in a local database, and in response to the current sequence number being within a first preset range, turning on the transition sequence number capability switch.

3. The packet sending method of claim 1 , further comprising:

acquiring the state of the transition sequence number capability switch; and

in response to the state of the transition sequence number capability switch being OFF, and the current sequence number of the current link-state packet being a maximum sequence number, generating a link-state packet with an initial sequence number.

4. The packet sending method of claim 1 , further comprising:

turning off the transition sequence number capability switch;

updating information of local devices that do not support the transition sequence number capability in the whole network according to the state of the transition sequence number capability switch; and

flooding out the state of the transition sequence number capability switch, so that other devices update the information of devices that do not support the transition sequence number capability in the whole network of a corresponding device according to the state of the transition sequence number capability switch.

5. The packet sending method of claim 4 , further comprising:

acquiring the information of devices that do not support the transition sequence number capability in the whole network; and

in response to the information of devices that do not support the transition sequence number capability in the whole network being not empty, and the current sequence number of the current link-state packet being the maximum sequence number, generating the link-state packet with the initial sequence number.

6. The packet sending method of claim 1 , further comprising:

acquiring the current sequence number of the current link-state packet continuously;

in response to the current sequence number being a transition sequence number, generating the link-state packet with the initial sequence number; and

sending the link-state packet with the initial sequence number.

7. An electronic device, comprising:

a memory, a processor, and a computer program stored in the memory and executable by the processor which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to carry out the packet sending method of claim 1 .

8. A packet sending and receiving system, comprising at least one first electronic device and at least one second electronic device, wherein

the first electronic device includes a first memory, a first processor and a computer program stored in the first memory and executable by the first processor which, when executed by the first processor, causes the first processor to carry out a packet sending method, comprising:

acquiring a current sequence number of a current link-state packet;

generating a link-state packet with a transition sequence number according to the current sequence number, wherein the link-state packet with the transition sequence number is newer than a link-state packet with a maximum sequence number and older than a link-state packet with an initial sequence number; and

sending the link-state packet with the transition sequence number;

turning on a transition sequence number capability switch;

wherein generating a link-state packet with a transition sequence number according to the current sequence number comprises:

generating a link-state packet with a transition sequence number according to the current sequence number and a state of the transition sequence number capability switch;

wherein after turning on the transition sequence number capability switch, the method further comprises:

updating information of local devices that do not support the transition sequence number capability in the whole network according to the state of the transition sequence number capability switch; and

flooding out the state of the transition sequence number capability switch, so that other devices update the information of devices that do not support the transition sequence number capability in the whole network of a corresponding device according to the state of the transition sequence number capability switch;

wherein generating a link-state packet with a transition sequence number according to the current sequence number and a state of a transition sequence number capability switch comprises:

generating a link-state packet with a transition sequence number according to the current sequence number and the information of devices that do not support the transition sequence number capability in the whole network; and

the second electronic device includes a second memory, a second processor, and a computer program stored in the second memory and executable by the second processor which, when executed by the second processor, causes the second processor to carry out a packet receiving method, comprising:

receiving a link-state packet with a transition sequence number sent by an external router, wherein the link-state packet with the transition sequence number is newer than a link-state packet with a maximum sequence number and older than a link-state packet with an initial sequence number; and

processing the link-state packet as a link-state packet which is newer than a link-state packet with a sequence number within a second preset range.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to carry out the packet sending method of claim 1 .

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