Method and apparatus for processing data units
    2.
    发明公开
    Method and apparatus for processing data units 有权
    用于处理数据单元的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:EP1806881A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-07-11

    申请号:EP06290040.2

    申请日:2006-01-05

    申请人: Alcatel Lucent

    IPC分类号: H04L12/56 H04L29/06

    摘要: The present invention relates to a network unit (1) adapted to process and transmit data units (21 to 26) belonging to distinct traffic flows (FlowA; FlowB; FlowC), and comprising:
    - a dispatching unit (14) adapted to dispatch the data units for further parallel processing,
    - traffic processing units (11 to 13) adapted to process the data units in parallel,
    - an aggregation unit (15) adapted to aggregate the processed data units for further transmission.
    A network unit according to the invention further comprises:
    - an arbitration unit adapted, for a particular processed data unit (24) that is ready in a particular processing unit (11) for further aggregation and transmission, to identify a particular traffic flow (FlowC) to which the particular data unit belongs,
    to check whether a further data unit (23; 25) handled by a further traffic processing unit (12; 13) belongs to the particular traffic flow and precedes the particular data unit within that flow,
    and if none, to allow (go) delivery of the particular data unit for further aggregation and transmission.
    A particular traffic flow can be identified by means of a particular source and/or destination address, and/or a particular payload type, and/or a particular traffic priority.
    The present invention also relates to a method for processing and transmitting data units.

    Method to preserve the order of packets of a same flow and transmitted either through a control plane or through a data plane of a telecommunication network element
    3.
    发明公开
    Method to preserve the order of packets of a same flow and transmitted either through a control plane or through a data plane of a telecommunication network element 审中-公开
    要么通过控制面或通过电信网络的数据平面保持发送的用于在分组流中的顺序的方法

    公开(公告)号:EP1796319A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-06-13

    申请号:EP05292665.6

    申请日:2005-12-08

    申请人: Alcatel Lucent

    IPC分类号: H04L12/56

    CPC分类号: H04L47/10 H04L47/34

    摘要: A method to preserve the ordering of data packets of a same flow (P1-P4, P7, P8) passing either through a control plane (CP) or through a data plane (DP) of a telecommunication network element. The method comprises the step of, when the control plane starts processing the new flow, the control plane controls the data plane to latch any other packet belonging to this flow by sending a first control packet (C1) to said data plane. When the processing is completed, the control plane controls the data plane to release the latched packets by sending a second control packet (C3) to said data plane. The present method is particularly applicable to Ethernet frames, where it is also not allowed to reorder frames belonging to a same 'Ethernet flow'.

    摘要翻译: 的方法,以保持传递要么通过控制面(CP)或通过电信网元的数据计划(DP)相同的流的数据分组(P1-P4,P7,P8)的排序。 该方法包括的步骤中,当控制平面开始处理新的流,控制平面控制数据平面通过发送第一控制分组(C1)发送到所述数据计划以锁存属于该流的任何其它数据包。 当完成处理时,控制平面控制数据平面通过发送第二控制分组(C3)与所述数据面释放被锁存的分组。 本发明的方法特别适用于以太网帧,在那里,因此不允许重新排序属于同一“以太网流”帧。