Reducing CC Message Transmission in a Provider Network
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson
InventorsSriganesh Kini, Rishi Mehta
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for reducing the number of CC messages transmitted in a provider network. In one embodiment of the invention, a first service provider network element receives CC messages from a first customer network at a first periodicity rate. The first service provider network element stores the received CC messages and reduces the first periodicity rate to create a second periodicity rate that is smaller than the first periodicity rate. The first service provider network element transmits CC messages to a second service provider network element through the provider network at the second periodicity rate. Other methods and apparatus are also described.
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A method for reducing a number of CC (Connectivity Check) messages transmitted in a provider network, wherein a first customer network element is coupled with a second customer network element through the provider network, wherein the provider network includes a first service provider network element coupled with a second service provider network element, the method comprising:
- receiving CC messages from the first customer network element at a first periodicity rate at the first service provider network element, wherein the CC messages are destined for the second customer network element;
- storing the received CC messages in a CCM data structure on the first service provider network element;
- reducing the first periodicity rate to create a second periodicity rate, wherein the second periodicity rate is smaller than the first periodicity rate;
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- transmitting CC messages to the second service provider network element through the provider network at the second periodicity rate.
A service provider network element to reduce a number of CC (Connectivity Check) messages transmitted in a provider network, comprising:
- an ingress service delimiting module including,
- a CCM module to receive CC messages from a first customer network element at a first periodicity rate and store those CC messages in a CCM data structure, the CCM module further to reduce the first periodicity rate to create a second periodicity rate, wherein the second periodicity rate is smaller than the first periodicity rate,
- a memory coupled with the CCM module, the memory to store the CCM data structure;
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- a transport module coupled with the ingress service delimiting module, the transport module to transmit the CC messages to a different service provider network element at the second periodicity rate.
A service provider network element to process CC (Connectivity Check) messages, comprising:
- an egress service delimiting module including,
- a CCM module to receive CC messages transmitted from another service provide network element and to store those CC messages in a CCM data structure, wherein each received CC message includes a first periodicity rate and a repeat count value, wherein each received CC message is received at a second periodicity rate that is lower than the first periodicity rate, wherein the CCM module further is to create a number of CC messages from the CCM data structure and cause those created CC messages to be transmitted at the first periodicity rate, and
- a memory coupled with the CCM module, the CCM module to store the CCM data structure;
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- a transport module coupled with the egress service delimiting module, the transport module to transmit the created CC messages to a customer network element.
A machine-readable storage medium that provides instructions that, if executed by a processor, will cause said processor to perform operations for reducing a number of CC (Connectivity Check) messages transmitted in a provider network, wherein a first customer network element is coupled with a second customer network element through the provider network, wherein the provider network includes a first service provider network element coupled with a second service provider network element, comprising:
- receiving CC messages from the first customer network element at a first periodicity rate at the first service provider network element, wherein the CC messages are destined for the second customer network element;
- storing the received CC messages in a CCM data structure on the first service provider network element;
- reducing the first periodicity rate to create a second periodicity rate, wherein the second periodicity rate is smaller than the first periodicity rate;
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- transmitting CC messages to the second service provider network element through the provider network at the second periodicity rate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.