Broadband connection method and apparatus
AssigneeHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
InventorsZuqing Li, Tao Peng, Zhouyi Yu
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Abstract
A broadband connection method includes a virtual broadband network gateway (vBNG)-control plane (CP) that receives first indication information from a user plane selection function (USF), where the first indication information indicates a second vBNG-user plane (UP) that replaces a first vBNG-UP when the first vBNG-UP is faulty. The vBNG-CP sends a user entry to the second vBNG-UP based on the first indication information, where the user entry is used by the second vBNG-UP to enable a user to access a network based on the user entry when the first vBNG-UP is faulty such that when a user plane is faulty, broadband access of a user is not interrupted, and the user can continue to access a network.
Claims20
A network device comprising:
- one or more memories configured to store instructions;
- and
- one or more processors coupled to the one or more memories and configured to execute the instructions to cause the network device to:
- receive, from a user plane selection function (USF), indication information indicating a second virtual broadband network gateway (vBNG)-user plane (UP) that replaces a first vBNG-UP prior to the first vBNG-UP being faulty, wherein the first vBNG-UP is faulty when at least one of an interface of the first vBNG-UP is faulty or a connector board of the first vBNG-UP is faulty, and wherein the network device is implemented as the vBNG-CP in a network;
- and
- send, to the second vBNG-UP based on the indication information and prior to the first vBNG-UP being faulty, a user entry, wherein the second vBNG-UP enables user access to the network based on the user entry when the first vBNG-UP is faulty.
A network device comprising:
- one or more memories configured to store instructions;
- and
- one or more processors coupled to the one or more memories and configured to execute the instructions to cause the network device to:
- determine a second virtual broadband network gateway (vBNG)-user plane (UP) that replaces a first vBNG-UP to maintain access of a user to a network prior to the first vBNG-UP being faulty, wherein the first vBNG-UP is faulty when at least one of an interface of the first vBNG-UP is faulty or a connector board of the first vBNG-UP is faulty, wherein the network device is implemented as a user plane selection function (USF) in the network, and wherein the USF predetermines the second vBNG-UP prior to the first vBNG-UP being faulty;
- send, to a vBNG-control plane (CP), indication information indicating that the second vBNG-UP replaces the first vBNG-UP when the first vBNG-UP being faulty.
A communication system comprising:
- a first virtual broadband network gateway (vBNG)-user plane (UP);
- a second vBNG-UP;
- a vBNG-control plane (CP) configured to:
- receive indication information indicating the second vBNG-UP that replaces the first vBNG-UP prior to the first vBNG-UP being faulty, wherein the first vBNG-UP is faulty when at least one of an interface of the first vBNG-UP is faulty or a connector board of the first vBNG-UP is faulty;
- and
- send, to the second vBNG-UP based on the indication information, a user entry prior to the first vBNG-UP being faulty, wherein the second vBNG-UP enables user access to a network based on the user entry when the first vBNG-UP is faulty;
- and
- a user plane selection function (USF) configured to:
- send the indication information to the vBNG-CP.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.