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Title:
MULTI-GATE EXPANSION METHOD AND APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2017/206076
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Disclosed are a multi-gate expansion method and apparatus, the method being applied to a gateway. The gateway currently uses a first virtual machine to perform service processing, and a second virtual machine is initialized when the number of services to be processed by the gateway increases. The method comprises: the gateway setting, as a first address, a next-hop address used when a second virtual interface unit (VIU) sends data, wherein the second VIU has a same service address as a first VIU corresponding to the first virtual machine, and the first address is a next-hop address used when the first VIU sends data; controlling the second VIU to initialize an OSPF sub-process, such that the second VIU uses the OSPF sub-process to publish a local route; and upon detecting the local route published by the second VIU using the OSPF sub-process, forming a return route according to the local route. The method and the apparatus of the present invention solve the problem in the prior art in which multi-gateway expansion consumes a large amount of port bandwidth of an operator router.

Inventors:
GUO XIAOYANG (CN)
LEI YING (CN)
Application Number:
PCT/CN2016/084179
Publication Date:
December 07, 2017
Filing Date:
May 31, 2016
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Assignee:
HUAWEI TECH CO LTD (CN)
International Classes:
H04L12/46
Foreign References:
CN101562807A2009-10-21
CN105337858A2016-02-17
CN104506408A2015-04-08
CN104935516A2015-09-23
US20140269599A12014-09-18
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
TDIP & PARTNERS (CN)
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