46 results about "EtherType" patented technology

Aspects of a method and system for securing a network utilizing IPsec and MACsec protocols are provided. In one or more network nodes, aspects of the invention may enable conversion between Ethernet packets comprising payloads secured utilizing IPsec protocols and Ethernet packets secured utilizing MACsec protocols. For example, IPsec connections may be terminated at an ingress network node and IPsec connections may be regenerated at an egress network node. Packets secured utilizing MACsec protocols may be detected based on an Ethertype. Packets comprising payloads secured utilizing IPsec protocols may be detected based on a protocol field or a next header field. The conversion may be based on a data structure stored by and / or accessible to the network nodes. Aspects of the invention may enable securing data utilizing MACsec protocols when tunneling IPsec secured data through non-IPsec enabled nodes.

OAM may be implemented at an intermediate node on a PBT trunk in an Ethernet network by causing OAM frames to be addressed to the PBT trunk endpoint but causing the OAM frames to carry an indicia (Ether-type, OpCode, TLV value or combination of these and other fields) that the OAM frames are intended to be used for intermediate node OAM functions. The Ether-type, OpCode, and TLV values may be standardized values, or vendor specific values such as OpCode=51 or TLV=31 may be used. Addressing the OAM frames to the PBT trunk end point enables the OAM frames to follow the PBT trunk through the network. The OAM indicia signals to the intermediate nodes that the OAM frames are intended to be used to perform an intermediate node OAM function. The OAM frames may contain reverse trunk information to prevent the intermediate nodes from being required to store correlation between forward and reverse PBT trunks.

Aspects of a method and system for managing multimedia traffic over Ethernet are provided. In this regard, multimedia traffic comprising one or more Ethernet frames may be identified via one or more headers comprising the frames and processed according to the identification. In this regard, general Ethernet traffic may be multiplexed into egress frames based on the identification. Similarly, ingress Ethernet frames may be demultiplexed into multimedia traffic and general traffic based on the identification. Headers utilized to identify and / or route multimedia traffic and general traffic may comprise Ethertype and / or subtype fields. Headers utilized to identify and / or route multimedia traffic and general traffic may comprise a connection identifier field. Similarly, Headers utilized to identify and / or route multimedia traffic and general traffic may comprise a data type field.

A communications network provides a carrier Ethernet service without requiring the client signal to be identified by an Ethertype in a carrier Ethernet frame. A plurality of differing types of client signals can thus be encapsulated within the same carrier Ethernet service channel by using a generic framing procedure adaptation layer. The client signals are adapted for encapsulation within the carrier Ethernet frames by mapping the client signal within a generic framing procedure adaptation layer signal and then by mapping the generic framing procedure adaptation layer signal into the carrier Ethernet signal. As the client signal is identified within said generic framing procedure signal only a generic framing signal Ethertype is required. The mapping protocol enables a single Ethernet frame to carry a plurality of client signals.

Aspects of a method and system for tunneling MACSec packets through non-MACSec-enabled nodes are provided. In this regard, aspects of the invention may be utilized for transmitting MACSec Ethernet packets over MACSec and / or non-MACSec-enabled network nodes. In one embodiment of the invention, additional header information may be inserted into a MACSec packet before transmitting the MACSec packet to a non-MACSec-enabled node. Accordingly, aspects of the invention may remove the additional header information from a packet received from a non-MACSec-enabled node to distinguish the packets comprising inserted additional header information, which may comprise a distinguishing Ethertype.

A method, system, and computer program product for providing direct communications between FCoE endpoint devices within the same fibre channel network zone. A direct fibre channel (DFC) utility provides an FCoE stack with an exclusive ability to define an Ethertype within an ethertype field of an Ethernet packet with “FCoE”. In addition, the DFC utility enables storage of access control lists (ACLs) containing allowed destination addresses and allowed source addresses within the adapter of an FCoE endpoint. Additionally, the DFC utility initiates an exchange of messages with an Ethernet switch to determine a feasibility of establishing direct connections between endpoints. In particular, the DFC utility determines whether the Ethernet switch supports FCoE ACL checking. Further, the DFC utility creates a zone ID for the FCoE endpoint device. The DFC utility allows direct communication between FCoE endpoints within the same fibre zone.

Aspects of a method and system for tunneling MACSec packets through non-MACSec-enabled nodes are provided. In this regard, aspects of the invention may be utilized for transmitting MACSec Ethernet packets over MACSec and / or non-MACSec-enabled network nodes. In one embodiment of the invention, additional header information may be inserted into a MACSec packet before transmitting the MACSec packet to a non-MACSec-enabled node. Accordingly, aspects of the invention may remove the additional header information from a packet received from a non-MACSec-enabled node to distinguish the packets comprising inserted additional header information, which may comprise a distinguishing Ethertype.

Aspects of a method and system for securing a network utilizing IPsec and MACsec protocols are provided. In one or more network nodes, aspects of the invention may enable conversion between Ethernet packets comprising payloads secured utilizing IPsec protocols and Ethernet packets secured utilizing MACsec protocols. For example, IPsec connections may be terminated at an ingress network node and IPsec connections may be regenerated at an egress network node. Packets secured utilizing MACsec protocols may be detected based on an Ethertype. Packets comprising payloads secured utilizing IPsec protocols may be detected based on a protocol field or a next header field. The conversion may be based on a data structure stored by and / or accessible to the network nodes. Aspects of the invention may enable securing data utilizing MACsec protocols when tunneling IPsec secured data through non-IPsec enabled nodes.

The invention discloses a disk spanning LACP (Link Aggregation Control Protocol) link aggregation method and device for a PON (Passive Optical Network) access system, and relates to the field of link aggregation. The method comprises the steps that: a master control panel creates a link aggregation group, and adds the link aggregation group to a designated VLAN; the master control panel controls aggregation group member ports on all line cards to interact a LACP message with opposite end equipment; the master control panel determines all ports which complete LACP message consultation as normal ports, an aggregation group table item is formed according to port numbers of all the normal ports, and the master control panel and all the line cards store the aggregation group table item; and when working states of the ports on the line cards are changed, the master control panel refreshes the aggregation group table item according to port change information. According to the disk spanning LACP link aggregation method and device disclosed by the invention, an uplink disk function of an Ethernet type single disk is expanded, and an uplink link bandwidth is increased, so that reliability of a link is obviously improved.

A method, system, and computer program product for providing direct communications between FCoE endpoint devices within the same fibre channel network zone. A direct fibre channel (DFC) utility provides an FCoE stack with an exclusive ability to define an Ethertype within an ethertype field of an Ethernet packet with “FCoE”. In addition, the DFC utility enables storage of access control lists (ACLs) containing allowed destination addresses and allowed source addresses within the adapter of an FCoE endpoint. Additionally, the DFC utility initiates an exchange of messages with an Ethernet switch to determine a feasibility of establishing direct connections between endpoints. In particular, the DFC utility determines whether the Ethernet switch supports FCoE ACL checking. Further, the DFC utility creates a zone ID for the FCoE endpoint device. The DFC utility allows direct communication between FCoE endpoints within the same fibre zone.

The embodiments of the invention provide a message transmission method and apparatus. The method comprises the following steps: receiving a message sent by a first server, and identifying the message; if it is identified that the message is an Ethernet frame carrying remote direct memory access (RDMA), modifying the Ethernet type identifier of the Ethernet frame to be a value of RoCEv2; and setting the message to have top priority. According to the embodiments of the invention, the message sent by the first server is received, if the message is the Ethernet frame carrying the RDMA, the Ethernet type identifier of the Ethernet frame is modified to be the value of the RoCEv2, and the message is set to have the top priority, such that the message of each RoCEv2 is not lost, and the transmission reliability of the RDMA is improved.

The invention discloses a packet receiving method and device of the network port of an equipment internal processor and relates to communication technology. The device comprises a packet receiving hardware module, a packet receiving thread module and a business module, wherein the packet receiving hardware module delivers received data packet messages to corresponding VCPU queues according to preset configuration; the packet receiving thread module receives the data packet messages binding to the VCPU queues, determines the priority of the data packet messages according to the Ethernet types of the received data packet messages, and delivers the received data packet messages to corresponding public queues according to the preset correspondence of the priority of the data packet messages and the priority of the public queues; the business module reads the data packet messages in the public queues according to priority of the public queues. By the packet receiving method and device, the performance bottleneck of packet receiving in the prior art is solved, and important messages can be processed first by queue priority.

The invention relates to an SDN-based network topology discovery method. The method comprises the following steps: sending a port state request to all connected SDN switches through a controller to obtain state information data of each SDN switch; packaging a private Ethernet type 0x9944 message into a Packet-out message of an OpenFlow standard through the controller, and sending the Packet-out message to all port devices of which the SDN switch port states are open; enabling the SDN switch port to receive the 0x9944 message, reassemble the 0x9944 message, and send the 0x9944 message to an adjacent SDN switch; S3, when the adjacent SDN switches in the step S3 receive the 0x9944 message, packaging the 0x9944 message into an Openflow standard Packet-in message, and sending the Openflow standard Packet-in message to the controller; using the packet-in message packaged with the 0x9944 message sent by the SDN switch for obtaining the information of port equipment through which the message passes so as to complete the link discovery of the SDN optical line terminals. According to the technical scheme, the network topology discovery method based on the SDN is low in message analysis difficulty, high in speed, high in expandability and capable of customizing a topology detection mode, and the discovery efficiency of the network topology discovery method based on the SDN is greatly improved.

OAM may be implemented at an intermediate node on a PBT trunk in an Ethernet network by causing OAM frames to be addressed to the PBT trunk endpoint but causing the OAM frames to carry an indicia (Ether-type, OpCode, TLV value or combination of these and other fields) that the OAM frames are intended to be used for intermediate node OAM functions. The Ether-type, OpCode, and TLV values may be standardized values, or vendor specific values such as OpCode=51 or TLV=31 may be used. Addressing the OAM frames to the PBT trunk end point enables the OAM frames to follow the PBT trunk through the network. The OAM indicia signals to the intermediate nodes that the OAM frames are intended to be used to perform an intermediate node OAM function. The OAM frames may contain reverse trunk information to prevent the intermediate nodes from being required to store correlation between forward and reverse PBT trunks.

A communications network provides a carrier Ethernet service without requiring the client signal to be identified by an Ethertype in a carrier Ethernet frame. A plurality of differing types of client signals can thus be encapsulated within the same carrier Ethernet service channel by using a generic framing procedure adaptation layer. The client signals are adapted for encapsulation within the carrier Ethernet frames by mapping the client signal within a generic framing procedure adaptation layer signal and then by mapping the generic framing procedure adaptation layer signal into the carrier Ethernet signal. As the client signal is identified within said generic framing procedure signal only a generic framing signal Ethertype is required. The mapping protocol enables a single Ethernet frame to carry a plurality of client signals.

Apparatus and methods are provided for LWA PDU routing. In one novel aspect, LTE PDU packets are routed through a WLAN AP to a UE by encapsulation of the data packets. An adaption layer encapsulates the whole packet as an Ethernet frame by appending the Ethernet MAC header to the payload. In other embodiments, the adaption layer encapsulates LTE PDU as a GRE packet, and configures VLAN for WLAN AP. In another novel aspect, the LTE PDU is identified by at least one of methods comprising the EtherType value, the source address, the GRE header, and the GTP header. In yet another novel aspect, the LTE PDU is forwarded by the MAC address, by the GRE tunnel configuration, or by the GTP tunnel configuration.

This disclosure provides methods, devices, and systems for transmitting Bluetooth audio data over a Wi-Fi channel associated with one or more Wi-Fi channels. In some instances, a wireless communication device operating as a wireless station (STA) associated with an access point (AP) while operating as a softAP paired with a peripheral device via a Bluetooth protocol receives one or more first data packets over a Wi-Fi channel from the AP, the one or more first data packets carrying audio data intended for the peripheral device. The device processing the audio data based at least in part on a stored Bluetooth profile, and embeds the processed audio data into Ethernet frames of a new Ethertype. The new Ethertype frames are encapsulated within one or more second data packets and transmitted over the Wi-Fi channel to the peripheral device.

The invention discloses an iOAM information processing method. The method comprises the following steps: analyzing an EtherType Ethernet type field of a message; according to the EtherType field, judging the effective load type of the MAC payload; wherein the MAC payload type comprises a data message and an iOAM (Internet Operation Administration and Maintenance) message; wherein the predefined iOAM message is indicated by taking an EtherType field value as a preset EtherType value, and the iOAM information corresponding to the iOAM message is packaged according to a predefined MCA-iOAM packaging format; and when the MAC payload is the iOAM message, analyzing and processing the iOAM message. The invention further discloses an iOAM information processing device and a computer readable storage medium. According to the invention, the transmission efficiency of the iOAM information is improved.

The invention discloses a method and a device for processing a 1588 message and communication equipment. The method comprises the following steps of: identifying an original EtherType of the received 1588 message; modifying the original EtherType according to a preset mapping mode; and sending the 1588 message with the modified EtherType to a packet processor. By the invention, the problem that the packet processor in the prior art cannot identify the EtherType of the 1588 message is solved, and an effect of making the packet processor capable of identifying the EtherType of the 1588 message is achieved.

The invention provides a communication method and device based on a data link layer, equipment and a medium, and belongs to the technical field of communication. The communication method based on the data link layer in the sending end comprises the following steps: sending a network connection request to a receiving end; in response to a network connection request reply message of the receiving end for the network connection request, establishing communication connection after handshaking with the receiving end, and acquiring a target queue pair serial number and a target data packet serial number required in a transmission process; a data transmission message is constructed based on the target queue pair serial number and the target data packet serial number, an Ethernet type in the data transmission message is determined to be a preset target type, and a first flow rule table containing the target type is pre-created in the receiving end; and sending the data transmission message to a receiving end through the data link layer, so that the receiving end identifies the Ethernet type in the data transmission message based on the first flow rule table, and processes the data transmission message after the identification is passed. The embodiment of the invention can improve the bandwidth utilization rate.

Apparatus and methods are provided for user-plane LWA PDU routing. In one novel aspect, LTE PDU packets are routed through a WLAN AP to a UE by encapsulation of the data packets. In one embodiment, a bridge / VLAN architecture is used. The UE identifies one or more Ethernet Frames received the WLAN interface as containing the PDCP PDUs by decoding the EtherType. In another embodiment, the WLAN terminated tunneling is used by decoding the EtherType of indicating the PDCP type. In another novel aspect, an UE-terminated tunneling is created. In one embodiment, the IP tunneling is used. In another embodiment, the GRE tunneling is used. The GRE header contains a KEY field to identify the packets as being the LWA packets. In yet another embodiment, the IPSec tunneling is used. The SPI of the header is used to identify the packets as being the LWA data packets.

Techniques for enhancing the UDP network protocol to efficiently transmit large data units are disclosed. A user datagram protocol (UDP) is a well-known protocol for transferring data between two nodes of a network. When data is too large to fit within a single UDP packet that can be transmitted between the two nodes, the data needs to be segmented and transmitted with multiple packets and reassembled on the receiving node. Techniques are disclosed herein, for example, for offloading such segmentation, transmission, and reassembly from the central processing units (CPUs) of the nodes. Such offloading is performed efficiently, for example, by repurposing legacy protocol fields used in UDP transmission such as the internet protocol (IP) identification (ID), time to live (TTL), type of service (TOS), and / or EtherType fields to encode information needed for efficient segmentation, out of order reception, and reassembly.

The invention provides a data communication method, electronic equipment and a storage medium, and relates to the technical field of communication. The method comprises a user plane function UPF applied to a data communication system, the UPF is configured to comprise an Ethernet type interface and an IP type interface, and the method comprises the following steps: receiving a target data packet sent by a target sending terminal through a target PDU session type through a target receiving interface; based on the target PDU session type, matching and determining a target forwarding strategy corresponding to the target data packet according to a preset data forwarding strategy; according to the target forwarding strategy, processing the target data packet into a data packet which can be identified by a plurality of target receiving terminals in the target VN group, and copying and forwarding the data packet to each target receiving terminal through a target sending interface corresponding to each target receiving terminal, so that a VN group data processing and forwarding function can be enhanced in the UPF; different types of PDU session flows are allowed to be mutually processed and forwarded in a single VN group, and the applicability can be improved.

Methods and apparatus for emerging use case support in user space networking architectures. In one embodiment, an apparatus configured to segregate packet data based on a packet type is disclosed. The exemplary embodiment provides a custom data type registry that enables the definition, addition, removal, modification, and / or prioritization of custom packet processing rules. Variants of the registry may support custom ethertype packets, network packets, and / or transport packets. In another embodiment, mechanisms for enabling an intermediary packet processing stage are described. Intermediary packet processing may enable user space system extensions that support e.g., packet filtering, packet modification, and / or other forms of packet processing.

A communications network provides a carrier Ethernet service without requiring the client signal to be identified by an Ethertype in a carrier Ethernet frame. A plurality of differing types of client signals can thus be encapsulated within the same carrier Ethernet service channel by using a generic framing procedure adaptation layer. The client signals are adapted for encapsulation within the carrier Ethernet frames by mapping the client signal within a generic framing procedure adaptation layer signal and then by mapping the generic framing procedure adaptation layer signal into the carrier Ethernet signal. As the client signal is identified within said generic framing procedure signal only a generic framing signal Ethertype is required. The mapping protocol enables a single Ethernet frame to carry a plurality of client signals.

An intra-network aggregation method and system based on Ethernet and an aggregator device belong to the field of intra-network aggregation, and the method comprises the following steps: forming an aggregation group by at least two working nodes, and distributing a unique group ID; each working node fragments the gradient data according to a preset size, packages the gradient data into an Ethernet Packet, and sends the Ethernet Packet to a final aggregator, wherein the Packet comprises an EtherType, a group ID, a working node ID and a Packet ID; and the final aggregator caches and aggregates the Packet according to the group ID and the Packet ID, and when the Packet with the same Packet ID sent by all the working nodes corresponding to the same Packet ID arrives at the same time, the aggregating operation is executed to obtain a final aggregating result, and the final aggregating result is obtained after the Packet with the same Packet ID sent by all the working nodes corresponding to the same Packet ID arrives at the same time. And the final aggregator encapsulates the final aggregation result into a multicast data packet and returns the multicast data packet to all the working nodes. In the AI network of machine learning and deep learning, intra-network aggregation can be efficiently realized, the overhead of gradient data transmission and calculation in machine learning is greatly reduced, and the data synchronization efficiency of machine learning and deep learning is improved.

The invention relates to a method and device for managing the interconnection between network domains. In one embodiment this is accomplished by classifying the received frame based on service level agreement, wherein the classifying includes checking the received frame Ethertype value is same as the port on which the frame is received, recognizing an Ethertype of the egress port of the received frame, wherein the recognizing includes checking the received frame Ethertype value is same or not and translating the frame into a compatible Ethertype and forwarding the same to the next available port.

The invention discloses a method and a device for skipping a user-defined message header to analyze an original Ethernet message. The method comprises the following steps: receiving a message to be processed; when it is judged that the user-defined message header comprises an L2 header with the length of a bytes and Options, the Options are extracted from the message to be processed, and the length of Padding and the length of the header are calculated; offsetting a byte length by using an ACL rule, firstly adding an Ethernet type, and then adding a message header; according to the calculated length of the Padding, adding the Padding after the Options by using an ACL (Access Control List) rule, and then adding a protocol header to obtain a supplemented tunnel message; forwarding the tunnel message to a loopback port of the switch chip by using an ACL rule, and analyzing an original Ethernet message for message processing; after an original Ethernet message is processed, an Ethernet type, a message header, Padding and a protocol header are deleted according to a byte complementing sequence to obtain an original to-be-processed message, and the to-be-processed message is forwarded according to an original form of the to-be-processed message.