Method and system for detecting link failure between nodes in a hybrid network

A method for detecting a link failure between nodes in a hybrid network which includes at least two Internet Protocol (IP) network segments using a Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) mechanism and including a first IP network segment with a node therein and a second IP network segment with a peer node therein corresponding to the node, and a Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) network segment using an MPLS Operation and Maintenance (OAM) mechanism, comprising:

• establishing a first sub-BFD connection between the node in the first IP network segment and a first edge node which is in both the first IP network segment and the MPLS network segment and is adjacent to the node;
• establishing on the first edge node a first table including an end-to-end address pair of the node and peer node, an Label Switched Path (LSP) number corresponding to the end-to-end address pair and an identifier of the first sub-BFD connection corresponding to the end-to-end address pair;
• establishing on a second edge node a second table including the end-to-end address pair of the node and the peer node, an LSP number corresponding to the end-to-end address pair and identifiers of second sub-BFD connections, wherein the second sub-BFD connections are established between the second edge node and the peer node and are corresponding to the LSP number, and the second edge node is in both a second IP network segment and the MPLS network segment and adjacent to the peer node;
• upon detecting a first failure on the first sub-BFD connection, the first edge node inquiring the end-to-end address pair corresponding to the identifier of the first sub-BFD connection and inquiring the LSP number corresponding to the inquired end-to-end address pair from the first table, and sending an OAM packet carrying a failure identifier and the inquired end-to-end address pair to the second edge node via an LSP corresponding to the LSP number inquired;
• upon receiving the OAM packet, the second edge node inquiring identifiers of all the second sub-BFD connections corresponding to the LSP number from the second table and inquiring an identifier of a second sub-BFD connection corresponding to the end-to-end address pair from the identifiers of all the second sub-BFD connections according to the LSP number of the OAM packet, and notifying the peer node of the first failure via the second sub-BFD connection corresponding to the identifier of the second sub-BFD connection inquired;
• and
• upon detecting a second failure by the MPLS OAM mechanism of MPLS network segment, the first edge node inquiring an end-to-end address pair corresponding to an LSP number of a failed LSP from the first table, inquiring an identifier of a first sub-BFD connection corresponding to the inquired end-to-end address pair from the first table, and notifying the node of the second failure via the first sub-BFD connection inquired.

A system for detecting a link failure between nodes in a hybrid network, comprising:

• a node in an Internet Protocol (IP) network using a Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) mechanism;
• a peer node in a Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) network segment using an MPLS Operation and Maintenance (OAM) mechanism and corresponding to the node;
• an edge node configured in both the IP network segment and the MPLS network segment;
• wherein
• a sub-BFD connection is established between the node and the edge node;
• an end-to-end BFD connection is established between the node and the peer node;
• the edge node is configured with a first table including an end-to-end address pair of the node and peer node, an Label Switched Path (LSP) number corresponding to the end-to-end address pair and an identifier of the sub-BFD connection corresponding to the end-to-end address pair;
• and the node is configured with a second table including the end-to-end address pair, the identifier of the sub-BFD connection corresponding to the end-to-end address pair and an identifier of the end-to-end BFD connection corresponding to the end-to-end address pair;
• when a first failure is detected on the sub-BFD connection of the IP network segment, the node inquires the end-to-end address pair corresponding to the identifier of the sub-BFD connection from the second table, inquires the identifier of the end-to-end BFD connection corresponding to the inquired end-to-end address pair from the second table, and notifies the first failure to the peer node via the inquired end-to-end BFD connection;
• and
• when a second failure is detected by the MPLS OAM mechanism of the MPLS network segment, the edge node inquires the end-to-end address pair corresponding to an LSP number of a failed LSP from the first table, inquires the identifier of the sub-BFD connection corresponding to the inquired end-to-end address pair from the first table, and notifies the second failure to the node via the inquired sub-BFD connection.

A system for detecting a link failure between nodes in a hybrid network, comprising:

• a node in a first Internet Protocol (IP) network segment, and a peer node in a second IP network segment corresponding to the node, wherein the first and second IP network segment use a Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) mechanism;
• a first edge node configured in both the first IP network segment and a Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) network segment and being adjacent to the node, and a second edge node configured in both the second IP network segment and the MPLS network segment and being adjacent to the peer node, wherein the MPLS network segment uses an MPLS Operation and Maintenance (OAM) mechanism;
• wherein the node and the first edge node are configured to establish a first sub-BFD connection between the node and the first edge node;
• the first edge node is configured with a first table including an end-to-end address pair of the node and peer node, an Label Switched Path (LSP) number corresponding to the end-to-end address pair and an identifier of the first sub-BFD connection corresponding to the end-to-end address pair;
• the second edge node is configured with a second table including an end-to-end address pair of the node and the peer node, an LSP number corresponding to the end-to-end address pair and identifiers of second sub-BFD connections, wherein the second sub-BFD connections are established between the second edge node and the peer node and are corresponding to the LSP number;
• upon detecting a first failure on the first sub-BFD connection of the IP network segment, the first edge node inquires the end-to-end address pair corresponding to the identifier of the first sub-BFD connection and inquires the LSP number corresponding to the inquired end-to-end address pair from the first table, and sends an OAM packet carrying a failure identifier and the inquired end-to-end address pair to the second edge node via an LSP corresponding to the LSP number inquired;
• upon receiving the OAM packet, the second edge node inquires identifiers of all the second sub-BFD connections corresponding to the LSP number from the second table and inquires an identifier of a second sub-BFD connection corresponding to the end-to-end address pair from the identifiers of all the second sub-BFD connections according to the LSP number of the OAM packet, and notifying the peer node of the first failure via the second sub-BFD connection corresponding to the identifier of the second sub-BFD connection inquired;
• and
• upon detecting a second failure by the MPLS OAM mechanism of MPLS network segment, the first edge node inquires an end-to-end address pair corresponding to an LSP number of a failed LSP from the first table, inquires an identifier of a first sub-BFD connection corresponding to the inquired end-to-end address pair from the first table, and notifies the node of the second failure via the first sub-BFD connection.