Quality of service control method and device for software-defined networking

A forwarding plane device, comprising:

• a receiver, configured to:
• receive configuration information and queue information sent by a control plane device, the configuration information comprising an overall set of QoS processing rules and an index identifier corresponding to each QoS processing rule, and the queue information comprising a number N of queues, wherein N is 2 or greater, and wherein each respective queue in the N queues comprises:
• a respective unique identifier of the respective queue;
• a respective plurality of QoS processing rules selected from an overall set of QoS processing rules, wherein the respective plurality of QoS processing rules is a subset of the overall set of QoS processing rules;
• and
• a respective plurality of QoS parameters, each of the respective plurality of QoS parameters being associated with one of the respective plurality of QoS processing rules, and
• receive N flow entries sent by the control plane device, wherein the N flow entries are determined by the control plane device according to the queue information after sending the queue information to the forwarding plane device;
• and
• a processor, configured to:
• obtain data packets and determine, according to the N flow entries, that different ones of the data packets are respective target packets of the N flow entries, wherein each respective target packet is a data packet that matches the respective flow entry, the respective flow entry comprises respective QoS information, the respective QoS information comprises a respective queue instruction, where each respective queue instruction comprises the identifier of a different one of the N queues, the respective QoS information is used to indicate the respective plurality of QoS processing rules, and the respective QoS processing rules comprises the respective QoS parameters,
• obtain the respective QoS processing rule according to the respective QoS information, and
• perform, after receiving all of the N flow entries, QoS control on N target packets in accordance with the respective flow entry received from the control plane device and with the respective QoS parameter according to the respective QoS processing rule, wherein to obtain the QoS processing rule according to the QoS information, the processor is configured to:
• obtain the QoS processing rule from the configuration information according to the index identifier, and wherein:
• the configuration information comprises queue information, wherein a queue in the queue information comprises the QoS processing rule, the index identifier is an identifier of the queue, the QoS information comprises a queue instruction, and the queue instruction comprises the identifier of the queue, the processor is configured to obtain, from the queue information according to the queue instruction, the queue corresponding to the identifier of the queue, and obtain the QoS processing rule from the queue.

A quality of service QoS control method for software-defined networking, the method comprising:

• generating, by a control plane device, queue information comprising a number N of queues, wherein N is 2 or greater, and wherein each respective queue in the N queues comprises:
• a respective unique identifier of the respective queue,
• a respective plurality of QoS processing rules selected from an overall set of QoS processing rules, wherein the respective plurality of QoS processing rules is a subset of the overall set of QoS processing rules, and
• a respective plurality of QoS parameters, each of the respective plurality of QoS parameters being associated with one of the respective plurality of QoS processing rules;
• sending, by the control plane device, configuration information and the queue information to a forwarding plane device, wherein the configuration information comprises the overall set of QoS processing rules and an index identifier corresponding to teach QoS processing rule;
• determining, by the control plane device after generating the queue information, N flow entries on the basis of the queue information, wherein each respective flow entry in the N flow entries comprises respective QoS information, the respective QoS information comprises a respective queue instruction, wherein each respective queue instruction comprises the identifier of a different one of the N queues, the respective QoS information is used to indicate the respective plurality of QoS processing rules, the respective QoS processing rules comprise the respective QoS parameters, and the respective QoS processing rules are used to instruct to perform QoS control on target data packets according to the respective QoS parameters;
• sending, by the control plane device, the N flow entries to the forwarding plane device, so that the forwarding plane device, after obtaining all of the N flow entries and a quantity of data packets, performs QoS control on N respective target packets according to the queue information and the QoS parameters in the QoS processing rules without receiving additional flow entries from the control plane device;
• and
• wherein each respective target packet is one of the quantity of data packets that matches a respective one of the N flow entries.

A quality of service QoS control method for software-defined networking, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a forwarding plane device, configuration information and queue information sent by a control plane device, the configuration information comprising an overall set of QoS processing rules and an index identifier corresponding to each QoS processing rule, and the queue information comprising a number N of queues, wherein N is 2 or greater, and wherein each respective queue in the N queues comprises:
• a respective unique identifier of the respective queue,
• a respective plurality of QoS processing rules selected from an overall set of QoS processing rules, wherein the respective plurality of QoS processing rules is a subset of the overall set of QoS processing rules, and
• a respective plurality of QoS parameters, each of the respective plurality of QoS parameters being associated with one of the respective plurality of QoS processing rules;
• and
• receiving, by the forwarding plane device, N flow entries sent by a control plane device, wherein the N flow entries are determined by the control plane device according to the queue information after sending the queue information to the forwarding plane device;
• obtaining, by the forwarding plane device, a quantity of data packets;
• determining, by the forwarding plane device according to the N flow entries, that different ones of the data packets are respective target packets of the N flow entries, wherein each respective target packet is a data packet that matches the respective flow entry, the respective flow entry comprises respective QoS information, the respective QoS information comprises a respective queue instruction, where each respective queue instruction comprises the identifier of a different one of the N queues, the QoS respective information is used to indicate the respective plurality of QoS processing rules, and the respective QoS processing rule comprises the respective QoS parameter;
• obtaining, by the forwarding plane device, the QoS processing rule according to the QoS information;
• performing, by the forwarding plane device, QoS control on the respective target packets in accordance with the respective QoS parameters according to the respective QoS processing rules.