US 2026/0121985 A1 · DATA MESSAGE TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS, AND NONTRANSITORY READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

A data message transmission control method, being applied to an Ethernet virtual private network, and the method comprising:

acquiring a plurality of target provider edges connected to a same customer edge;
generating a load balancing instruction for each target provider edge amongst the plurality of target provider edges, wherein the load balancing instruction is used for instructing each target provider edge to forward, according to message information carried by received data messages to be transmitted and the load balancing instruction, target data messages matched with each target provider edge amongst the data messages to be transmitted, and the data messages to be transmitted belong to a same virtual local area network, wherein the message information is obtained by extracting a VXLAN header field from the data message to be transmitted to acquire an original message data, and performing a hash operation on the original message data;
and
issuing the load balancing instruction to the corresponding target provider edges, wherein the target provider edges are configured for forwarding the target data messages to the customer edge by using the load balancing instruction received;
wherein
the acquiring a plurality of target provider edges connected to a same customer edge comprises:
acquiring all provider edges connected to the customer edge as candidate provider edges;
and screening the plurality of target provider edges from the candidate provider edges according to a link state of each candidate provider edge of the candidate provider edges, wherein the link state is a network state of a connecting link between the candidate provider edge and the customer edge;
the generating a load balancing instruction for each target provider edge amongst the plurality of target provider edges comprises:
generating a target number of load balancing tokens, wherein the target number is a number of the plurality of target provider edges;
and generating the load balancing instruction carrying the target number and the load balancing tokens, wherein the load balancing instruction is used for instructing each target provider edge to forward, according to message information carried by the received data messages to be transmitted, the target number and the load balancing tokens, target data messages matched with the load balancing tokens amongst the data messages to be transmitted;
the generating a target number of load balancing tokens comprises:
determining the number of the plurality of target provider edges to obtain the target number M;
and generating a natural number ranging from 0 to M-1 as the target number of the load balancing tokens;
the target provider edges are configured for determining message identifiers according to the message information and the target number carried in the load balancing instruction;
matching the message identifiers with the load balancing tokens carried in the load balancing instruction;
and determining the data messages to be transmitted as the target data messages under a condition that the message identifiers are successfully matched with the load balancing tokens;
and
the target provider edges are configured for calculating remainders obtained by dividing the message information by the target number as the message identifiers;
comparing the remainders with the load balancing tokens;
and determining, under a condition that the remainders are consistent with the load balancing tokens by comparison, that the message identifiers are successfully matched with the load balancing tokens.

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A data message transmission control method, being applied to target provider edges in an Ethernet virtual private network, and the method comprising:

receiving data messages to be transmitted, wherein the data messages to be transmitted belong to a same virtual local area network;
extracting message information from the data messages to be transmitted;
acquiring, according to the message information and a load balancing instruction, target data messages matched with the target provider edges amongst the data messages to be transmitted, wherein the load balancing instruction is generated and issued by a monitoring server of the Ethernet virtual private network;
and
forwarding the target data messages to a customer edge connected to the target provider edges;
wherein
the load balancing instruction is generated and issued by the monitoring server of the Ethernet virtual private network according to following steps:
acquiring all provider edges connected to the customer edge as candidate provider edges;
screening the plurality of target provider edges from the candidate provider edges according to a link state of each candidate provider edge, wherein the link state is a network state of a connecting link between each candidate provider edge and the customer edge;
generating a target number of load balancing tokens, wherein the target number is a number of the plurality of target provider edges;
and generating the load balancing instruction carrying the target number and the load balancing tokens, wherein the load balancing instruction is used for instructing each target provider edge to forward, according to message information carried by received data messages to be transmitted, the target number and the load balancing tokens, target data messages matched with the load balancing tokens amongst the data messages to be transmitted;
the generating a target number of load balancing tokens comprises:
determining a number of the plurality of target provider edges to obtain the target number M;
and generating a natural number ranging from 0 to M-1 as the target number of the load balancing tokens;
the acquiring, according to the message information and a load balancing instruction, target data messages matched with the target provider edges amongst the data messages to be transmitted comprises:
determining message identifiers according to the message information and a target number carried in the load balancing instruction;
matching the message identifiers with load balancing tokens carried in the load balancing instruction;
and determining the data messages to be transmitted as the target data messages under a condition that the message identifiers are successfully matched with the load balancing tokens;
the determining message identifiers according to the message information and a target number carried in the load balancing instruction comprises:
calculating remainders obtained by dividing the message information by the target number as the message identifiers, wherein the message information is obtained by performing a hash operation on original message data in the data messages to be transmitted;
and the matching the message identifiers with load balancing tokens carried in the load balancing instruction comprises:
comparing the remainders with the load balancing tokens;
and determining, under a condition that the remainders are consistent with the load balancing tokens by comparison, that the message identifiers are successfully matched with the load balancing tokens;
and
the extracting message information from the data messages to be transmitted comprises:
extracting original message data following a VXLAN header field from the data messages to be transmitted;
and performing the hash operation on the original message data to obtain the message information.

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A data message transmission control system, being applied to an Ethernet virtual private network, and the system comprising a monitoring server of the Ethernet virtual private network and a plurality of provider edges,

the monitoring server being respectively connected to the plurality of provider edges, and the plurality of provider edges being connected to a same customer edge;
the monitoring server being configured for acquiring a plurality of target provider edges amongst the plurality of provider edges;
generating a load balancing instruction for each target provider edge amongst the plurality of target provider edges, wherein the load balancing instruction is used for instructing the target provider edge to forward, according to message information carried by received data messages to be transmitted and the load balancing instruction, a target data message matched with the target provider edge amongst the data messages to be transmitted, and the data messages to be transmitted belong to a same virtual local area network;
and issuing the load balancing instructions to the corresponding target provider edges;
the target provider edges being configured for receiving data messages to be transmitted, wherein the data messages to be transmitted belong to the same virtual local area network;
extracting message information from the data messages to be transmitted;
acquiring, according to the message information and the load balancing instruction, target data messages matched with the target provider edges amongst the data messages to be transmitted;
and forwarding the target data messages to the customer edge;
the monitoring server being further configured for:
acquiring all provider edges connected to the customer edge as candidate provider edges;
and screening the plurality of target provider edges from the candidate provider edges according to a link state of each candidate provider edge of the candidate provider edges, wherein the link state is a network state of a connecting link between the candidate provider edge and the customer edge;
the monitoring server being further configured for:
generating a target number of load balancing tokens, wherein the target number is the number of the plurality of target provider edges;
and generating the load balancing instruction carrying the target number and the load balancing tokens, wherein the load balancing instruction is used for instructing each target provider edge to forward, according to message information carried by the received data messages to be transmitted, the target number and the load balancing tokens, target data messages matched with the load balancing tokens amongst the data messages to be transmitted;
the monitoring server being further configured for:
determining the number of the plurality of target provider edges to obtain the target number M;
and generating a natural number ranging from 0 to M-1 as the target number of the load balancing tokens;
the target provider edges being further configured for:
determining message identifiers according to the message information and the target number carried in the load balancing instruction;
matching the message identifiers with the load balancing tokens carried in the load balancing instruction;
and determining the data messages to be transmitted as the target data messages under the condition that the message identifiers are successfully matched with the load balancing tokens;
the target provider edges being further configured for:
calculating remainders obtained by dividing the message information by the target number as the message identifiers, wherein the message information is obtained by performing a hash operation on original message data in the data messages to be transmitted;
and the target provider edges being further configured for:
comparing the remainders with the load balancing tokens;
and determining, under a condition that the remainders are consistent with the load balancing tokens by comparison, that the message identifiers are successfully matched with the load balancing tokens;
and
the target provider edges being further configured for:
extracting original message data following a VXLAN header field from the data messages to be transmitted;
and performing the hash operation on the original message data to obtain the message information.

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