CN1964360A - A method and device for MAC frame forwarding - Google Patents

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CN1964360A
CN1964360A CN 200610160610 CN200610160610A CN1964360A CN 1964360 A CN1964360 A CN 1964360A CN 200610160610 CN200610160610 CN 200610160610 CN 200610160610 A CN200610160610 A CN 200610160610A CN 1964360 A CN1964360 A CN 1964360A
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The disclosed method fro MAC frame transfer comprises: comparing the received MAC frame port with the stored source MAC address port; if not same, using target MAC address port to transfer the MAC frame and block the loop transfer for avoiding network failure.

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The method and apparatus that mac frame is transmitted
Technical field
The present invention relates to the communications field, relate in particular to the method and apparatus that mac frame is transmitted.
Background technology
When setting up Ethernet with bridge equipment, in order to increase bandwidth, to optimize reasons such as access path, network topology may be loop but not tree; Like this according to Ethernet flood or the study and work pattern will form traffic loops, finally cause network paralysis.
The method that solves Ethernet Circle in the prior art is to use Spanning-Tree Protocol (STP, Spanning TreeProtocol), the STP agreement is by STP control message detection loop, thereby blocks certain port then and reach the purpose of foundation tree cancellation loop in logic.In Ethernet, use the STP agreement, when network breaks down or network topology when changing, STP need recomputate and generate tree, calculating the time that generates tree extends along with the increase of network, the time of network convergence is slow, and this especially provides the network of key business for carrier network is unacceptable; And generate the tree that tree sets up in logic and may block some link port, artificially wasted bandwidth; After generating tree in addition and forming, the path in the network between any two equipment has only unique one, when the flow between two equipment is very big, can't implement traffic engineering between two equipment, can't realize that different flow walks different paths.
Another method that solves Ethernet Circle in the prior art is the technology that the employing level is cut apart: network is divided into different core layers, and different core layers all interconnect; Each edge network is connected with core layer by a connection, does not connect between the edge network, carries out communication by core layer; Core layer equipment can forward the data to other core layer equipment when receiving from the data that other core layers are transmitted in no instance, but can be forwarded to connected edge network equipment; Core layer equipment is received the data of edge network device forwards, can give other core layer equipment and other edge network equipment with data forwarding.In horizontal cutting techniques, because each core layer all must interconnect, this requirement can only could be satisfied under special situation usually; And owing to have only one to be connected between edge network and the core net, in case the edge network device fails that should connect or be connected with core net, whole edge network has just lost and being connected of other networks, and can not satisfy the reliability requirement of network.
Summary of the invention
The technical problem to be solved in the present invention provides the method and apparatus that a kind of mac frame is transmitted, and can prevent that the circulation of packet in the network loop from transmitting; Comprising method and the device that a kind of CCM frame is transmitted, realize that data forwarding is carried out swimmingly in the network.
For solving the problems of the technologies described above, the objective of the invention is to be achieved through the following technical solutions:
The invention provides the method that a kind of mac frame is transmitted, comprising: the source MAC that the medium access control mac frame that parsing is received carries; Query source MAC Address in mac address forwarding table is then extracted source MAC that described mac frame carries and the port that receives described mac frame if inquire; Whether the forwarding port that source MAC is corresponding in the port of the described mac frame of more described reception and the described mac address forwarding table is consistent; If the inconsistent target MAC (Media Access Control) address that described mac frame carries, the described target MAC (Media Access Control) address of inquiry in mac address forwarding table of then resolving; If do not inquire and then abandon described mac frame, if inquire the forwarding port that then described mac frame is forwarded to target MAC (Media Access Control) address correspondence described in the described mac address forwarding table; If unanimity is then resolved the target MAC (Media Access Control) address that described mac frame carries, the described target MAC (Media Access Control) address of inquiry in mac address forwarding table; If do not inquire then described mac frame be forwarded to the port that does not receive described mac frame, if inquire the forwarding port that then described mac frame is forwarded to target MAC (Media Access Control) address correspondence described in the described mac address forwarding table.
The equipment that the present invention also provides a kind of mac frame to transmit comprises:
The MAC Address resolution unit is used to resolve the MAC Address that the mac frame that receives carries; The MAC Address query unit is used for the MAC Address that is resolved in the described MAC Address resolution unit of mac address forwarding table inquiry; The source MAC extraction unit is used in described MAC Address query unit after mac address forwarding table inquires source MAC the port that extracts the source MAC that carries in the described mac frame and receive described mac frame; The port comparing unit, whether the forwarding port that the port that is used for the described mac frame of more described reception and described mac address forwarding table source MAC are corresponding is consistent; The mac frame retransmission unit, be used for when the port of the described port comparing unit described mac frame of the described reception relatively forwarding port corresponding with described mac address forwarding table source MAC is inconsistent, described mac frame is forwarded to described MAC Address query unit in mac address forwarding table, inquires about the MAC Address corresponding port that is resolved in the described MAC Address resolution unit, if in described mac address forwarding table, do not inquire the MAC Address that is resolved in the described MAC Address resolution unit, then abandon described mac frame; When the forwarding port that source MAC is corresponding in the port of the described port comparing unit described mac frame of described reception relatively and the described mac address forwarding table is consistent, described mac frame is forwarded to the target MAC (Media Access Control) address corresponding port that is resolved in the described MAC Address resolution unit that described MAC Address query unit inquires about in mac address forwarding table, when described MAC Address query unit does not inquire the target MAC (Media Access Control) address that described mac frame that described MAC Address resolution unit is resolved to carries, described mac frame is forwarded to the port that does not receive described mac frame.
Above technical scheme as can be seen, because the present invention is after receiving mac frame, inquire about mac address forwarding table with source MAC, then inquire about mac address forwarding table if Query Result is inconsistent with target MAC (Media Access Control) address, transmit mac frame by the target MAC (Media Access Control) address corresponding port, prevent that effectively the circulation of packet in the network intermediate ring road from transmitting, avoid network congestion, not only query source MAC Address but also search purposes MAC Address, the packet loss of minimizing useful data bag.
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Fig. 1 is that the method that mac frame provided by the invention is transmitted is implemented illustration;
Fig. 2 is the method figure that CCM frame provided by the invention is transmitted;
Fig. 3 is the equipment structure chart that mac frame provided by the invention is transmitted.
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The invention provides the method and apparatus that a kind of mac frame is transmitted, be used for the forwarding of network mac frame.Whether the port by relatively receiving mac frame is consistent with the source MAC corresponding port in the mac address forwarding table, if it is inconsistent by target MAC (Media Access Control) address corresponding port forwarding mac frame, stop the circulation of data in the network intermediate ring road to be transmitted, avoid causing network congestion.
Seeing also Fig. 1 is that the method that mac frame provided by the invention is transmitted is implemented illustration.
The source MAC that the mac frame that step 101, parsing are received carries;
After the networking is got up, have the data packet transmission that the user sends in the network, the transmission of packet is not between two equipment, can be through the transmission of intermediate equipment.After the equipment in the network is received the mac frame of other equipment transmissions, resolve the source MAC that this mac frame carries; Mac frame is generally data and the control data in the network (as the CCM frame) that the user sends in the network.
Step 102, query source MAC Address;
The source MAC that carries in the inquiry mac frame in mac address forwarding table then enters step 103 if inquire; Then do not enter step 108 if inquire; In addition, if the query source MAC Address then directly abandons the mac frame of receiving for the mac frame of the equipment of reception mac frame.
Step 103, extraction source MAC Address and the port that receives mac frame;
Extract the source MAC that parsing obtains in 101 steps, the port that receives mac frame with equipment is corresponding.
Step 104, comparison port;
Whether the forwarding port that source MAC is corresponding in the port that relatively receives mac frame and the mac address forwarding table is consistent, if inconsistent entering in the step 105; If unanimity then enters step 109;
Another possibility of this step: if relatively port is inconsistent, relatively receive port forwarding port which optimum corresponding of mac frame with source MAC in the mac address forwarding table, if receive the port optimum of mac frame, then this port is replaced in mac address forwarding table and the source MAC corresponding port, entered step 109.Relatively port can carry out the comparison of path optimum according to different strategies, such as carrying out port flow relatively to determine optimum port, selects the port of the little port of flow as optimum.
Step 105, parsing target MAC (Media Access Control) address;
The target MAC (Media Access Control) address that the mac frame that parsing is received carries.
Step 106, search purposes MAC Address;
The described target MAC (Media Access Control) address of inquiry then enters step 108 if inquire in mac address forwarding table, does not then abandon the mac frame of receiving if inquire.
Step 107, mac frame is forwarded to the forwarding port of target MAC (Media Access Control) address correspondence in the mac address forwarding table.
Step 108, study source MAC and the port that receives mac frame;
MAC Address of learning and the port correspondence that receives mac frame are write in the mac address forwarding table.
Step 109, parsing target MAC (Media Access Control) address are transmitted mac frame;
Difference according to the target MAC (Media Access Control) address of frame in the network can be divided into Frame: broadcasting, multicast and clean culture; Broadcasting as destination address is all device addresses in the whole network; Multicast is that destination address is a group address; Clean culture is that destination address has only one.
In this step, the repeating process of broadcasting is that mac frame is forwarded to other all of the ports except that the port that receives this MAC.
The forwarding of clean culture is inquired about mac address forwarding table with target MAC (Media Access Control) address, then mac frame is forwarded to target MAC (Media Access Control) address corresponding port in the list item if inquire, and then this mac frame is not forwarded to other all of the ports that remove the port that receives this mac frame if inquire.
The forwarding of multicast is inquired about mac address forwarding table with target MAC (Media Access Control) address, then mac frame is forwarded to target MAC (Media Access Control) address corresponding port in the list item if inquire, and then this mac frame is not forwarded to other all of the ports that remove the port that receives this mac frame if inquire.
So far, the repeating process of mac frame finishes in a network equipment.
From the foregoing description as can be seen, the invention provides after equipment is received mac frame, is the MAC Address that receives the equipment of mac frame if resolve source MAC, then abandons this mac frame, prevents that effectively the circulation of packet in the loop from transmitting, and avoids network congestion.
Further, the present invention also provides if do not inquire the port that source MAC is then learnt source MAC and received this mac frame in mac address forwarding table, avoids the packet of the list item that do not occur in the mac address forwarding table to be dropped.
Further, the invention provides the relatively more optimum step of port, can reasonably distribute port flow according to current network conditions.
Optionally, when the invention provides network and breaking down, by the CCM forwards with faulty equipment or/and the corresponding MAC Address of port that faulty line connects, deletion with faulty equipment or/and the corresponding mac address forwarding table item of port that faulty line connects, and delete in the described mac address forwarding table with described receiving and carry in the described mac address forwarding table with faulty equipment or/and the corresponding mac address forwarding table item of receiving port of the CCM of the corresponding MAC Address of the port that faulty link is connected ensures the smooth and easy forwarding of packet when network breaks down.
Seeing also Fig. 2 is the method figure that CCM frame provided by the invention is transmitted.
The Ethernet fault detect, each equipment can send connectivity check messages (CCM by other equipment in network, Continuity Check Message), the invention provides equipment by CCM other device forwards equipment faults and/or line fault method in other networks.
Step 10, with in the mac address forwarding table with faulty equipment or/and the corresponding MAC Address of port that faulty link connects be filled among the TLV among the CCM;
Type lengths values (TLV, Type Length Value) is field in the CCM frame.
According to specific circumstances, select for use the type that is not used among the TLV to insert MAC Address, the present invention uses Reserved for definition by IEEE 802.1 types to fill in MAC Address, and those skilled in the art can select to insert the type of MAC Address according to specific circumstances.
Step 11, CCM is forwarded to not with faulty equipment or/and the port that faulty line is connected;
To carry in the mac address forwarding table port that faulty link is connected or/and the CCM of the corresponding MAC Address of the port that faulty link connects is forwarded to not with faulty equipment with faulty equipment, promptly be forwarded to except that with faulty equipment or/and other ports of the port that faulty line is connected.
Mac address forwarding table item in step 12, the deletion mac address forwarding table;
In the deletion mac address forwarding table with faulty equipment or/and the corresponding mac address forwarding table item of port that faulty link connects.
If this equipment is received the CCM message of other device forwards, enter step 13.
Whether carry MAC Address among the TLV among step 13, the parsing CCM;
Whether carry among the TLV among the CCM that parsing is received that other equipment send with faulty equipment or/and the corresponding MAC Address of port that faulty line connects, if enter step 14, then no longer do not carry out following step if carry MAC Address among the TLV among the parsing CCM, jump out this process.
Step 14, in mac address forwarding table, inquire about port;
Whether the MAC Address corresponding port that query steps 13 inquires in MAC transmits is the port that equipment receives CCM, if then enter step 15, if not then disregard.
The mac address forwarding table item that CCM carries in step 15, the deletion mac address forwarding table;
The mac address forwarding table item that CCM carries in the deletion mac address forwarding table, this MAC Address corresponding port are the port that equipment receives CCM.
Need to prove, in the process that process supporter's mac frame that above-mentioned CCM frame is transmitted is transmitted, do not rely on the process that mac frame transmits and exist; The process that the CCM frame is transmitted reaches inaccessible mac frame forwarding circuit and/or equipment in the deletion mac address forwarding table, makes that the forwarding of mac frame is more effective and smooth and easy.
Seeing also Fig. 3 is the equipment structure chart that mac frame provided by the invention is transmitted.
MAC Address resolution unit 201 is used to resolve the MAC Address that the mac frame that receives carries;
MAC Address query unit 202 is used for the MAC Address that is resolved in mac address forwarding table inquiry MAC Address resolution unit;
Source MAC extraction unit 203 is used in the MAC Address query unit after mac address forwarding table inquires source MAC, extracts source MAC that carries in the described mac frame and the port that receives mac frame;
Port comparing unit 204, whether the forwarding port that the port that is used for relatively receiving described mac frame and described mac address forwarding table source MAC are corresponding is consistent;
Mac frame retransmission unit 205, be used for when the port of the port comparing unit reception mac frame relatively forwarding port corresponding with described mac address forwarding table source MAC is inconsistent, mac frame is forwarded to the MAC Address query unit in mac address forwarding table, inquires about the target MAC (Media Access Control) address corresponding port that is resolved in the MAC Address resolution unit, if in described mac address forwarding table, do not inquire the MAC Address that is resolved in the described MAC Address resolution unit, then abandon described mac frame; When the forwarding port that source MAC is corresponding in the port of described port comparing unit described reception mac frame relatively and the mac address forwarding table is consistent, mac frame is forwarded to described MAC Address query unit in mac address forwarding table, inquires about the MAC Address corresponding port that is resolved in the MAC Address resolution unit, when the MAC Address query unit did not inquire the target MAC (Media Access Control) address that mac frame that the MAC Address resolution unit is resolved to carries, mac frame was forwarded to the port that does not receive mac frame.
The invention provides in addition after equipment is received mac frame, is the MAC Address that receives the equipment of mac frame if resolve source MAC, then abandons this mac frame, prevents that effectively the circulation of packet in the loop from transmitting, and avoids network congestion.Therefore, on the basis of above-mentioned mac frame forwarding unit scheme, MAC Address query unit 202 is used to also to inquire about whether the source MAC that the MAC Address resolution unit resolves is the MAC Address that receives the equipment of mac frame, if then notify the mac frame retransmission unit to abandon described mac frame.
On the basis of above-mentioned mac frame forwarding unit scheme,, the invention provides the study MAC Address in mac address forwarding table in mac address forwarding table if the MAC Address of carrying in the mac frame is not inquired about.This moment, the mac frame forwarding unit also comprised:
MAC address learning unit 206, be used in described MAC Address query unit when described mac address forwarding table does not inquire source MAC, source MAC and the port that receives described mac frame are filled in the mac address forwarding table, and notify described mac frame retransmission unit to transmit described mac frame.。
On the basis of above-mentioned mac frame forwarding unit scheme, if the port comparing unit relatively receives the MAC Address corresponding port of carrying in the mac frame in the port of mac frame and the mac address forwarding table, receive the port optimum of mac frame, reasonably distribute port flow according to current network conditions.This moment, the mac frame forwarding unit also comprised:
Optimum port is replaced unit 207, be used for relatively receiving the port of the mac frame forwarding port corresponding when inconsistent with the mac address forwarding table source MAC at the port comparing unit, whether relatively receive the port of the mac frame forwarding port corresponding with source MAC in the mac address forwarding table optimum, if the port optimum of described reception mac frame, the port that then will receive mac frame is replaced the forwarding port of source MAC correspondence in the mac address forwarding table.
The Ethernet fault detect, each mac frame forwarding unit can send connectivity check messages (CCM by other equipment in network, Continuity Check Message), the invention provides the device that equipment is transmitted by the CCM frame of CCM other device forwards equipment faults and/or line fault in other networks, when network breaks down, ensure the smooth and easy forwarding of packet.
MAC Address is inserted unit 301, be used for when network breaks down, with in the mac address forwarding table with described faulty equipment or/and the corresponding MAC Address of port that faulty line connects be filled among the TLV among the described CCM;
Mac address forwarding table entry deletion unit 302, be used for deleting mac address forwarding table with described faulty equipment or/and the corresponding mac address forwarding table item of port that faulty line connects.
Based on the device that above-mentioned CCM frame is transmitted, the device that the CCM frame is transmitted also comprises:
CCM resolution unit 303, be used for resolving whether the CCM that receives carries in the mac address forwarding table with faulty equipment or/and the corresponding MAC Address of port that faulty link connects, then notify the MAC Address query unit in mac address forwarding table, inquire about in the mac address forwarding table that carries with faulty equipment or/and the corresponding MAC Address of port of faulty link connection if carry;
MAC Address corresponding to port that faulty link connects if the MAC Address query unit inquires in mac address forwarding table in the mac address forwarding table that carries among the CCM with faulty equipment; Then the MAC Address unit further the described port corresponding with MAC Address of inquiry whether be that reception is carried in the mac address forwarding table with faulty equipment or/and the port of the CCM of MAC Address corresponding to the port that faulty link is connected, if then notify in the mac address forwarding table entry deletion element deletion mac address forwarding table with carrying in the mac address forwarding table with faulty equipment of receiving or/and mac address forwarding table item corresponding to port of the CCM of MAC Address corresponding to the port that faulty link is connected.
The present invention can be applied in the datacycle of avoiding loop to cause in the networking arbitrarily and transmit, such as being applied in the horizontal splitting scheme.
More than the method and apparatus transmitted of method and apparatus that mac frame provided by the present invention is transmitted and CCM frame be described in detail, used specific case herein principle of the present invention and execution mode are set forth, the explanation of above embodiment just is used for helping to understand method of the present invention and core concept thereof; Simultaneously, for one of ordinary skill in the art, according to thought of the present invention, the part that all can change in specific embodiments and applications, in sum, this description should not be construed as limitation of the present invention.

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1, a kind of method of mac frame forwarding is characterized in that, comprising:
The source MAC that the medium access control mac frame that parsing is received carries;
Query source MAC Address in mac address forwarding table is then extracted source MAC that described mac frame carries and the port that receives described mac frame if inquire;
Whether the forwarding port that source MAC is corresponding in the port of the described mac frame of more described reception and the described mac address forwarding table is consistent;
If the inconsistent target MAC (Media Access Control) address that described mac frame carries, the described target MAC (Media Access Control) address of inquiry in mac address forwarding table of then resolving; If do not inquire and then abandon described mac frame, if inquire the forwarding port that then described mac frame is forwarded to target MAC (Media Access Control) address correspondence described in the described mac address forwarding table;
If unanimity is then resolved the target MAC (Media Access Control) address that described mac frame carries, the described target MAC (Media Access Control) address of inquiry in mac address forwarding table; If do not inquire then described mac frame be forwarded to the port that does not receive described mac frame, if inquire the forwarding port that then described mac frame is forwarded to target MAC (Media Access Control) address correspondence described in the described mac address forwarding table.
2, the method transmitted of mac frame according to claim 1 is characterized in that, described in mac address forwarding table the query source MAC Address, if the described source MAC of inquiry is the MAC Address that receives the equipment of described mac frame, then abandon described mac frame.
3, the method transmitted of mac frame according to claim 1 and 2 is characterized in that, described in mac address forwarding table the query source MAC Address, if inquire then described source MAC and the port that receives described mac frame are not inserted in the mac address forwarding table;
Resolve the target MAC (Media Access Control) address that described mac frame carries, transmit described mac frame.
4, the method transmitted of mac frame according to claim 3 is characterized in that, whether the forwarding port that source MAC is corresponding in the port of the described mac frame of described reception and the described mac address forwarding table is consistent;
If whether the inconsistent port that then relatively receives described mac frame needs to replace the forwarding port of source MAC correspondence in the described mac address forwarding table;
If need, the port that then will receive described mac frame is replaced the forwarding port of source MAC correspondence in the mac address forwarding table;
Resolve the target MAC (Media Access Control) address that described mac frame carries, the described target MAC (Media Access Control) address of inquiry in mac address forwarding table; If do not inquire then described mac frame be forwarded to the port that does not receive described mac frame, if inquire the forwarding port that then described mac frame is forwarded to target MAC (Media Access Control) address correspondence described in the described mac address forwarding table.
5, the method for transmitting according to claim 1 or 4 described mac frames, it is characterized in that, comprise: the method that the CCM frame is transmitted comprises: with in the described mac address forwarding table with faulty equipment or/and the corresponding MAC Address of port that faulty link connects be filled among the type lengths values TLV among the detection of connectivity message CCM;
Carry in the described mac address forwarding table with faulty equipment or/and the CCM of the corresponding MAC Address of the port that faulty link connects is forwarded to not with faulty equipment or/and the port that faulty link is connected described;
Described in the deletion mac address forwarding table with faulty equipment or/and the corresponding mac address forwarding table item of port that faulty link connects.
6, the method for mac frame forwarding according to claim 5, it is characterized in that, the method that described CCM frame is transmitted, receive CCM after, resolve and whether carry among the TLV among the described CCM in the described mac address forwarding table with faulty equipment or/and the corresponding MAC Address of port that faulty link connects;
In mac address forwarding table, whether carry among the TLV among the described CCM of inquiry in the described mac address forwarding table with faulty equipment or/and the corresponding MAC Address of port that faulty link connects if carry then;
Whether reception is described carries in the described mac address forwarding table with faulty equipment or/and the port of the CCM of the corresponding MAC Address of the port that faulty link is connected if inquire then MAC Address corresponding port in inquiry and the described mac address forwarding table and be;
Carry in the described mac address forwarding table with faulty equipment or/and the corresponding mac address forwarding table item of receiving port of the CCM of the corresponding MAC Address of the port that faulty link is connected if then delete in the described mac address forwarding table with described receiving.
7, a kind of equipment of mac frame forwarding is characterized in that, comprising:
The MAC Address resolution unit is used to resolve the MAC Address that the mac frame that receives carries;
The MAC Address query unit is used for the MAC Address that is resolved in the described MAC Address resolution unit of mac address forwarding table inquiry;
The source MAC extraction unit is used in described MAC Address query unit after mac address forwarding table inquires source MAC the port that extracts the source MAC that carries in the described mac frame and receive described mac frame;
The port comparing unit, whether the forwarding port that the port that is used for the described mac frame of more described reception and described mac address forwarding table source MAC are corresponding is consistent;
The mac frame retransmission unit, be used for when the port of the described port comparing unit described mac frame of the described reception relatively forwarding port corresponding with described mac address forwarding table source MAC is inconsistent, described mac frame is forwarded to described MAC Address query unit in mac address forwarding table, inquires about the MAC Address corresponding port that is resolved in the described MAC Address resolution unit, if in described mac address forwarding table, do not inquire the MAC Address that is resolved in the described MAC Address resolution unit, then abandon described mac frame; When the forwarding port that source MAC is corresponding in the port of the described port comparing unit described mac frame of described reception relatively and the described mac address forwarding table is consistent, described mac frame is forwarded to the target MAC (Media Access Control) address corresponding port that is resolved in the described MAC Address resolution unit that described MAC Address query unit inquires about in mac address forwarding table, when described MAC Address query unit does not inquire the target MAC (Media Access Control) address that described mac frame that described MAC Address resolution unit is resolved to carries, described mac frame is forwarded to the port that does not receive described mac frame.
8, the equipment of mac frame forwarding according to claim 7, it is characterized in that, described MAC Address query unit, be used to also to inquire about whether the source MAC that described MAC Address resolution unit resolves is the MAC Address that receives the equipment of described mac frame, if then notify described mac frame retransmission unit to abandon described mac frame.
9, according to the equipment of claim 7 or 8 described mac frames forwardings, it is characterized in that device comprises:
The MAC address learning unit, be used in described MAC Address query unit when described mac address forwarding table does not inquire source MAC, source MAC and the port that receives described mac frame are filled in the mac address forwarding table, and notify described mac frame retransmission unit to transmit described mac frame.
10, the equipment of mac frame forwarding according to claim 9 is characterized in that, comprising:
Optimum port is replaced the unit, be used for when the port of the described mac frame of the more described reception of the port comparing unit forwarding port corresponding with described mac address forwarding table source MAC is inconsistent, whether the port that relatively receives described mac frame needs to replace the forwarding port of source MAC correspondence in the described mac address forwarding table, if need, the port that then will receive described mac frame is replaced the forwarding port of source MAC correspondence in the mac address forwarding table;
When the forwarding port that the port of the described port comparing unit described mac frame of described reception relatively is corresponding with source MAC in the described mac address forwarding table is inconsistent, described mac frame retransmission unit is forwarded to described mac frame the target MAC (Media Access Control) address corresponding port that is resolved in the described MAC Address resolution unit that described MAC Address query unit inquires about in mac address forwarding table, when described MAC Address query unit does not inquire the target MAC (Media Access Control) address that described mac frame that described MAC Address resolution unit is resolved to carries, described mac frame is forwarded to the port that does not receive described mac frame.
11, according to claim 7 or 10 described MAC forwarding units, it is characterized in that, comprising: the device that a kind of CCM frame is transmitted, the device that described CCM frame is transmitted comprises:
MAC Address is inserted the unit, be used for when network breaks down, with in the described mac address forwarding table with faulty equipment or/and the corresponding MAC Address of port that faulty line connects be filled among the TLV among the described CCM;
Mac address forwarding table entry deletion unit, be used for deleting mac address forwarding table with described faulty equipment or/and the corresponding mac address forwarding table item of port that faulty line connects.
12, the equipment of mac frame forwarding according to claim 11 is characterized in that described CCM frame retransmission unit comprises:
The CCM resolution unit, be used for resolving whether the CCM that receives carries in the described mac address forwarding table with faulty equipment or/and the corresponding MAC Address of port that faulty link connects, then notify described MAC Address query unit in mac address forwarding table, inquire about in the described described mac address forwarding table that carries with faulty equipment or/and the corresponding MAC Address of port of faulty link connection if carry;
MAC Address corresponding to port that faulty link connects if described MAC Address query unit inquires in mac address forwarding table in the described mac address forwarding table that carries among the described CCM with faulty equipment; Then whether carry in described mac address forwarding table with faulty equipment or/and the port of the CCM of MAC Address corresponding to port that faulty link be connected the MAC Address query unit port that further described and the described MAC Address of inquiry is corresponding if being that reception is described, carries in the described mac address forwarding table with faulty equipment or/and mac address forwarding table item corresponding to the port of the CCM of MAC Address corresponding to the port that faulty link is connected if then notify in the described mac address forwarding table of described mac address forwarding table entry deletion element deletion with described receive described.
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