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US 12,120,008 B2Granted
Performance measurement method and apparatus, device, and storage medium
AssigneeZte Corporation
InventorsQuan Xiong, Zheng Zhang, Min Xiao, Jun Guo
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Abstract
Provided are a performance measurement method and apparatus, a device, and a storage medium. The method includes: creating a Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER) flow; encapsulating a BIER flow measurement packet according to a performance measurement requirement of the BIER flow, where the BIER flow measurement packet carries BIER flow identification information; and sending the BIER flow measurement packet to a second communication node.
Claims9
A performance measurement method, the method being applied by a first communication node and comprising:
- creating a Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER) flow;
- encapsulating a BIER flow measurement packet according to a performance measurement requirement of the BIER flow, wherein the BIER flow measurement packet carries BIER flow identification information;
- and
- sending the BIER flow measurement packet to a second communication node;
- wherein the first communication node is a head Bit-Forwarding Router (BFR) node, each BIER flow corresponds to a unique BIER identifier, and the BIER identifier is comprised in the BIER flow identification information and a flow field carries the BIER flow identification information;
- wherein the BIER flow measurement packet is a service packet encapsulated in a BIER header;
- and
- wherein the encapsulating the BIER flow measurement packet according to the performance measurement requirement of the BIER flow comprises:
- carrying the BIER flow identification information in a BIER header encapsulation format;
- wherein carrying the BIER flow identification information in the BIER header encapsulation format comprises:
- extending the flow field in the BIER header encapsulation format for measuring and identifying the BIER flow;
- wherein a format of the flow field comprises one of:
- a format comprising a flow identifier and reserved bits;
- a format comprising a flow label;
- or a format comprising a flow identifier, a marker measurement field, and reserved bits;
- wherein the flow field is configured after the BIER header encapsulation format, and the marker measurement field comprised in the flow field consist of a first bit and a second bit;
- wherein the BIER flow measurement packet is marked with the first bit being a first value and the second bit being a second value;
- or the BIER flow measurement packet is marked with the first bit being a second value and the second bit being a first value;
- and
- wherein the BIER flow identification information is generated by a network management system (NMS) or a controller, and the BIER flow identification information is configured for identifying the BIER flow to be detected.
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A performance measurement method, the method being applied by a second communication node and comprising:
- receiving a Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER) flow measurement packet sent by a first communication node, wherein the BIER flow measurement packet carries BIER flow identification information;
- and
- identifying and measuring a BIER flow according to the BIER flow measurement packet;
- wherein the second communication node is a tail Bit-Forwarding Router (BFR) node, each BIER flow corresponds to a unique BIER identifier, and the BIER identifier is comprised in the BIER flow identification information and a flow field carries the BIER flow identification information;
- wherein the BIER flow measurement packet is a service packet encapsulated in a BIER header, and the BIER flow identification information is carried in a BIER header encapsulation format;
- wherein the flow field in the BIER header encapsulation format is extended for measuring and identifying the BIER flow, and a format of the flow field comprises one of:
- a format comprising a flow identifier and reserved bits;
- a format comprising a flow label;
- or a format comprising a flow identifier, a marker measurement field, and reserved bits;
- wherein the flow field is configured after the BIER header encapsulation format, and the marker measurement field comprised in the flow field consists of a first bit and a second bit;
- wherein the BIER flow measurement packet is marked with the first bit being a first value and the second bit being a second value;
- or the BIER flow measurement packet is marked with the first bit being a second value and the second bit being a first value;
- and
- wherein the BIER flow identification information is generated by a network management system (NMS) or a controller, and the BIER flow identification information is configured for identifying the BIER flow to be detected.
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A performance measurement method, the method being applied by a first communication node and comprising:
- creating a Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER) flow;
- encapsulating a BIER flow measurement packet according to a performance measurement requirement of the BIER flow, wherein the BIER flow measurement packet carries BIER flow identification information;
- sending the BIER flow measurement packet to a second communication node;
- wherein the first communication node is a head Bit-Forwarding Router (BFR) node, each BIER flow corresponds to a unique BIER identifier, and the BIER identifier is comprised in the BIER flow identification information and a flow field carries the BIER flow identification information;
- wherein the BIER flow measurement packet is a service packet encapsulated in a BIER Operation Administration and Maintenance (OAM) header;
- wherein the encapsulating the BIER flow measurement packet according to the performance measurement requirement of the BIER flow comprises:
- carrying the BIER flow identification information in a BIER OAM header encapsulation format;
- wherein carrying the BIER flow identification information in the BIER OAM header encapsulation format comprises:
- extending the BIER OAM header encapsulation format for a new message type, wherein the new message type is configured for indicating that a message type of the BIER flow measurement packet is a BIER flow performance measurement message;
- and
- extending data corresponding to the BIER flow performance measurement message for the flow field, wherein the flow field is configured for measuring and identifying the BIER flow;
- wherein a format of the flow field comprises one of:
- a format comprising a flow identifier and reserved bits;
- a format comprising a flow label;
- or a format comprising a flow identifier, a marker measurement field, and reserved bits;
- wherein the flow field is configured after the BIER OAM header encapsulation format, and the marker measurement field comprised in the flow field consists of a first bit and a second bit;
- wherein
- the BIER flow measurement packet is marked with the first bit being a first value and the second bit being a second value;
- or
- the BIER flow measurement packet is marked with the first bit being a second value and the second bit being a first value;
- and
- wherein the BIER flow identification information is generated by a network management system (NMS) or a controller, and the BIER flow identification information is configured for identifying the BIER flow to be detected.
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