摘要:
A packet transfer scheme in a network system capable of realizing a high speed, large capacity inter-network communication under an internet environment. A network interconnection apparatus (router) has a memory for storing a correspondence relationship between a virtual connection used in receiving a packet from one logical network and a virtual connection used in transmitting a packet to another logical network, and a transfer at a datalink layer is carried out according to the registered correspondence relationship, to effectively form a bypass pipe capable of transferring a packet by an datalink layer level processing alone over a plurality of networks from the transmission terminal to the destination terminal, so that a high speed packet transfer between networks can be realized.
摘要:
A node device and a label switched path loop detection method which are capable of detecting a label switched path loop efficiently and quickly are disclosed. In a node device for carrying out the label switching, an ingress node information is included in a message that is to be successively transmitted from the upstream side in order to set up a label switched path, and the fact that the message with the same ingress node information for the same packet flow will be received from a previous hop node that is different from before if the label switched path has a loop formed thereon is utilized. Also, at a time of transmitting a message for the purpose of setting up a label switched path, if a node at which the label switched path for that packet flow already exists on the upstream or downstream side is encountered, this already existing label switched path is traced along the same or opposite direction as the flow, and the label switched path is set up if no loop is detected after tracing to the end.
摘要:
A packet transfer scheme for transferring packets at a boundary of a plurality networks is disclosed. A network interconnection apparatus (router) communicates with a previous hop node in one of the plurality of networks by a first control message including a first identification information for identifying an upstream path from the previous hop node and a specification information for specifying a group of packets to be transferred on the upstream path, and with a next hop node in another of the plurality of networks by a second control message including a second identification information for identifying a downstream path to the next hop node and a specification information for specifying a group of packets to be transferred on the downstream path. Then, the network interconnection apparatus stores a first identifier at a layer lower than layer 3 of the upstream path and a second identifier at a layer lower than layer 3 of the downstream path corresponding to the upstream path, according to the first and second control messages, and transfers a packet from the upstream path to the corresponding downstream path, referring to the memory.
摘要:
A router device realizing a datagram transfer method for improving the datagram transfer efficiency by ascertaining the transfer target and/or the requested quality of service without referring to the datagram content. The router device has network interfaces connected with networks including at least one virtual connection oriented network, a memory for storing a correspondence between a virtual connection identifier and a transfer target network interface and/or a quality of service, a connection identifier analysis unit for determining a transfer target network interface and/or a quality of service for a datagram entered from one virtual connection, by referring to the memory according to a virtual connection identifier of that one virtual connection. The datagram can be transferred to the determined transfer target network interface, while applying a priority control for datagrams to be transferred by the router device according to the determined quality of service.
摘要:
A network resource reservation scheme capable of making a resource reservation at the IP level according to the resource reservation protocol at a time of data packet transfer at the IP level using ATM networks. A node device requests a change of a virtual connection for transferring data packets to a prescribed virtual connection for providing a service which is capable of changing an amount of resource without reestablishing connections, when a prescribed message of a resource reservation protocol for that virtual connection is received, and transmits the data packets to the prescribed virtual connection established in response to the request. A node device determines a necessary amount of resource according to a requested quality of service described in a received reservation message of a resource reservation protocol. A node device then requests a change of an amount of resource reserved in a virtual connection for transferring data packets in order to reserve the necessary amount of resource in that virtual connection, and transmits the data packets to that virtual connection in which the amount of resource reserved therein is changed in response to the request.
摘要:
A packet transmission node which realizes a packet transfer scheme in which a plurality of virtual connections for different qualities of service are set up in correspondence to a multicast destination address, and output virtual connection identifiers are stored in correspondence to destination addresses in a routing table, so that a packet is transferred to output virtual connections determined by referring to the routing table according to a destination address of a packet. A packet transmission node also realizes a control information transfer scheme in which different output virtual connections are set up for a user data packet and a control packet having an identical destination address, and output virtual connection identifiers are stored in correspondence to destination addresses and upper layer protocol identifiers in a routing table, so that a packet is transferred to an output virtual connection determined by referring to the routing table according to a destination address and an upper layer protocol identifier of a packet.