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- the present application relates to the field of communication technologies, and in particular, to a communication method and related apparatus.
- Network slicing is to divide the operator's physical network into multiple virtual networks. Each virtual network can be divided according to different service requirements (for example, according to the actual situation of delay requirements, bandwidth requirements, security requirements, etc. Division) to flexibly respond to different network application scenarios, and has a broad application space in industry applications.
- the physical interface needs to be divided into logical interfaces corresponding to multiple network slices.
- each logical interface needs to be configured with the corresponding Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) to form the network layer topology information of each network slice.
- IGP Interior Gateway Protocol
- each network slice in the network needs to be configured with an IGP to form network layer topology information
- the number of routes used to advertise network layer topology information on network devices is large, resulting in high resource overhead of network devices.
- the present application provides a communication method and a related device.
- the first network device determines that the topology of the second network slice is included in the topology of the first network slice according to the acquired link layer topology information
- the first network device can The link layer topology information of the second network slice and the network layer topology information of the first network slice are determined, and the network layer topology information of the second network slice is determined, that is, the network layer topology information of one network slice is multiplexed on multiple network slices, Reduce the number of routes that network devices advertise network layer topology information and reduce resource overhead.
- a first aspect of the present application provides a communication method, including: a first network device acquiring first link layer topology information corresponding to a first network slice; and the first network device acquiring a second link layer corresponding to a second network slice topology information, for example, the first network device can obtain the first link layer topology information and the second link layer topology information by receiving Netconf messages sent by other network devices; road layer topology information and the second link layer topology information, determine that the link layer topology of the second network slice is included in the link layer topology of the first network slice, that is, the link layer of the first network slice
- the layer topology includes all link layer topologies of the second network slice; the first network device receives the network layer topology information of the first network slice sent by the second network device; the first network device The second link layer topology information and the network layer topology information of the first network slice determine the network layer topology information of the second network slice.
- the first network device when the first network device determines that the topology of the second network slice is included in the topology of the first network slice according to the acquired link layer topology information, the first network device may The road layer topology information and the network layer topology information of the first network slice are determined, and the network layer topology information of the second network slice is determined, that is, the network layer topology information of one network slice can be reused on multiple network slices, and the network device advertisement network can be reduced.
- the number of routes for layer topology information reduces resource overhead.
- the method further includes: the first network device calculates the tunnel path on the second network slice according to the network layer topology information of the second network slice, that is, the network layer topology of the second network slice The information may be used by the first network device to calculate the tunnel path on the second network slice.
- the first network device determines, according to the first link layer topology information and the second link layer topology information, that the link layer topology of the second network slice is included in the The link layer topology of the first network slice includes: when the M interfaces of the second link layer topology and the M interfaces of the first link layer topology are respectively located on M physical interfaces, the A network device may determine that the link layer topology of the second network slice is included in the link layer topology of the first network slice, wherein the number of all interfaces of the second link layer topology is M, so The number of all interfaces in the first link layer topology is N, M is less than or equal to N, and both M and N are positive integers.
- each of the M interfaces of the second link layer topology is located on the same physical interface as one of the M interfaces of the first link layer topology, that is, for the aforementioned There are M physical interfaces, and each physical interface includes an interface of the second link layer topology and an interface of the first link layer topology.
- the first network device determines the network layer topology information of the second network slice according to the second link layer topology information and the network layer topology information of the first network slice, including : when the first network device determines, according to the second link layer topology information, that the link layer topology of the second network slice is a partial topology in the link layer topology of the first network slice, the The first network device determines a first link layer topology, where the first link layer topology is the same topology as the link layer topology of the second network slice in the link layer topology of the first network slice; The first network device determines the network layer topology information of the second network slice according to the first link layer topology and the network layer topology information of the first network slice, and the network layer topology information of the second network slice is The topology information is the part corresponding to the first link layer topology in the network layer topology information of the first network slice.
- the first network device may connect to the second link layer of the second network slice.
- the network layer topology information of the first network slice is directly multiplexed, thereby obtaining the network layer topology information of the second network slice.
- the first network device may first determine the link layer of the first network slice The part of the layer topology is the same as the link layer topology of the second network slice, and then the network layer topology information to be multiplexed on the second network slice is determined based on this part of the topology, so as to obtain the network layer topology information of the second network slice.
- the flexibility of solution implementation can be improved.
- the method further includes: acquiring, by the first network device, third link layer topology information corresponding to a third network slice; and the first network device obtaining, by the first network device, the third link layer topology information and the second link layer topology information.
- Layer topology information determining that the link layer topology of the second network slice is included in the link layer topology of the third network slice; the first network device receives the third network slice sent by the second network device based on the network layer topology information of the third network slice and the network layer topology information of the first network slice, the first network device determines to use the network layer topology information of the first network slice to determine the network layer topology information of the second network slice.
- the first network device determines that the link layer topology of the second network slice is included in both the link layer topology of the first network slice and the link layer topology of the third network slice, the first network slice The network device may select the network layer topology information of one of the network slices from the network layer topology information of the first network slice and the network layer topology information of the third network slice. Then, the first network device may determine to obtain the network layer topology information of the second network slice according to the second link layer topology information of the second network slice and the network layer topology information of the selected network slice.
- the network layer topology information of the first network slice received by the first network device may include topology information determined based on the shortest path algorithm and one or more topology information determined based on FlexAlgo.
- the first network device Before determining the network layer topology of the second network slice, one of the network layer topology information of the received network layer topology information of the first network slice may be selected, for example, selecting the topology information determined by the shortest path algorithm or based on a flexible algorithm Topological information determined by FlexAlgo. Then, the first network device determines the network layer topology information of the second network slice according to a piece of network layer topology information on the selected first network slice.
- the network layer topology information of the second network slice includes interior gateway protocol IGP topology information
- the IGP topology information includes an IP address, a link cost COST value, a delay, and a traffic engineering metric value (Traffic One or more of Engineering metric, TE metric), affinity attribute, and Shared Risk Link Group (SRLG).
- IP addresses are also included in the network layer topology information. By multiplexing the IP addresses of one network slice on other multiple network slices, the allocation of IP addresses can be reduced and IP address resources can be saved.
- the first link layer topology information further includes one or more of an identifier of the first network slice and bandwidth information of the first network slice; the second link layer The topology information also includes one or more of an identification of the second network slice and bandwidth information of the second network slice.
- the method further includes: acquiring, by the first network device, a path calculation requirement of the second network slice; the first network device according to the second link layer topology information and the Perform path calculation on the network layer topology information of the second network slice to obtain a path calculation result; the first network device sends the path calculation result to the second network device, and the path calculation result is used to indicate the second network device.
- Network devices create tunnels that carry services.
- the path calculation results include the path calculation results of the resource reservation protocol RSVP tunnel, the path calculation result of the segment routing traffic engineering SR TE tunnel, and the segment routing SRv6 tunnel based on Internet Protocol Version 6. One or more of the path results.
- a second aspect of the present application provides a network device, including: an obtaining unit, a processing unit, and a receiving unit; the obtaining unit is configured to obtain first link layer topology information corresponding to a first network slice; the obtaining unit is further for acquiring second link layer topology information corresponding to the second network slice; the processing unit is configured to determine the second link layer topology information according to the first link layer topology information and the second link layer topology information The link layer topology of the network slice is included in the link layer topology of the first network slice; the receiving unit is configured to receive the network layer topology information of the first network slice sent by the second network device; the The processing unit is further configured to determine the network layer topology information of the second network slice according to the second link layer topology information and the network layer topology information of the first network slice.
- the processing unit is further configured to calculate the tunnel path on the second network slice according to the network layer topology information of the second network slice.
- the processing unit is further configured to determine, when the M interfaces of the second link layer topology and the M interfaces of the first link layer topology are respectively located on M physical interfaces
- the link layer topology of the second network slice is included in the link layer topology of the first network slice, wherein the number of all interfaces of the second link layer topology is M, and the first link layer topology
- the number of all interfaces in the topology is N, M is less than or equal to N, and both M and N are positive integers.
- the processing unit is further configured to determine, according to the second link layer topology information, that the link layer topology of the second network slice is the link layer topology of the first network slice When part of the topology in ; According to the first link layer topology and the network layer topology information of the first network slice, determine the network layer topology information of the second network slice, and the network layer topology information of the second network slice is the The part corresponding to the first link layer topology in the network layer topology information of the first network slice.
- the obtaining unit is further configured to obtain the third link layer topology information corresponding to the third network slice; the processing unit is further configured to obtain the third link layer topology information according to the third link layer topology information and the second link layer topology information, to determine that the link layer topology of the second network slice is included in the link layer topology of the third network slice; the receiving unit is further configured to receive the data sent by the second network device The network layer topology information of the third network slice; the processing unit is further configured to determine to use the network layer topology information of the third network slice and network layer topology information of the first network slice based on the network layer topology information of the third network slice. The network layer topology information of the first network slice is used to determine the network layer topology information of the second network slice.
- the network layer topology information of the first network slice includes topology information determined based on a shortest path algorithm or topology information determined based on FlexAlgo.
- the network layer topology information of the second network slice includes interior gateway protocol IGP topology information
- the IGP topology information includes IP address, link cost COST value, delay, TE metric, and affinity attribute and one or more of the SRLGs.
- the first link layer topology information further includes one or more of an identifier of the first network slice and bandwidth information of the first network slice; the second link layer The topology information also includes one or more of an identification of the second network slice and bandwidth information of the second network slice.
- a sending unit is further included; the obtaining unit is further configured to obtain the path calculation requirement of the second network slice; the processing unit is further configured to obtain the second link layer topology information according to the Perform path calculation with the network layer topology information of the second network slice to obtain a path calculation result; the sending unit is further configured to send the path calculation result to the second network device, where the path calculation result is used for The second network device is instructed to create a tunnel for carrying services.
- the path calculation result includes one or more of the path calculation result of the RSVP tunnel, the path calculation result of the SR TE tunnel, and the path calculation result of the SRv6 tunnel.
- a third aspect of the present application provides a network device, the network device includes: a processor and a memory; the memory is used for storing instructions; the processor is used for executing the instructions in the memory, so that the network device performs any one of the foregoing first aspects. method.
- a fourth aspect of the present application provides a computer storage medium, the computer storage medium may be non-volatile; computer-readable instructions are stored in the computer storage medium, and when the computer-readable instructions are executed by a processor, the first aspect is implemented any of the methods.
- a fifth aspect of the present application provides a computer program product comprising instructions which, when run on a computer, cause the computer to perform the method of any one of the first aspects.
- the embodiments of the present application have the following advantages:
- the present application provides a communication method and a related device.
- the first network device determines that the topology of the second network slice is included in the topology of the first network slice according to the acquired link layer topology information
- the first network device can The link layer topology information of the second network slice and the network layer topology information of the first network slice are determined, and the network layer topology information of the second network slice is determined, that is, the network layer topology information of one network slice is multiplexed on multiple network slices, Reduce the number of routes that network devices advertise network layer topology information and reduce resource overhead.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an application architecture of a communication method provided by an embodiment of the present application
- FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a communication method 200 provided by an embodiment of the present application.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an application architecture of another communication method provided by an embodiment of the present application.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an application architecture of another communication method provided by an embodiment of the present application.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an application architecture of another communication method provided by an embodiment of the present application.
- FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a network device 600 according to an embodiment of the present application.
- the naming or numbering of the steps in this application does not mean that the steps in the method flow must be executed in the time/logical sequence indicated by the naming or numbering, and the named or numbered process steps can be implemented according to the The technical purpose is to change the execution order, as long as the same or similar technical effects can be achieved.
- the division of units in this application is a logical division. In practical applications, there may be other division methods. For example, multiple units may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be ignored. , or not implemented, in addition, the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be through some interfaces, and the indirect coupling or communication connection between units may be electrical or other similar forms. There are no restrictions in the application.
- units or sub-units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, may or may not be physical units, or may be distributed into multiple circuit units, and some or all of them may be selected according to actual needs. unit to achieve the purpose of the scheme of this application.
- enhanced mobile broadband enhanced mobile broadband
- eMBB enhanced mobile broadband
- massive machine type communication mMTC
- uRLLC ultra-reliable and low latency communications
- Network slicing refers to the logical network customized according to different business requirements on the physical or virtual network infrastructure.
- Network slicing can be a complete end-to-end network including an access network, a transmission network, a core network, and an application server, which can provide complete communication services and have certain network capabilities.
- Network slicing can also be any combination of access network, transport network, core network and application server.
- Network slicing can usually be used in 5G networks.
- 5G networks can realize multiple uses of one network through network slicing, and meet the requirements of Service-Level Agreement (SLA) for different services.
- SLA Service-Level Agreement
- a network slice usually provides a class of networks with the same service requirement guarantees.
- Such a network structure allows operators to provide the network as a service to users, and can freely combine physical networks according to indicators such as rate, capacity, coverage, delay, reliability, security, and availability to meet the needs of different users. Require.
- the physical interface needs to be divided into logical interfaces corresponding to multiple network slices.
- each logical interface needs to be configured with a corresponding IGP to form network layer topology information of each network slice.
- the network device Since each network slice in the network needs to configure the IGP separately to form network layer topology information, the network device needs to advertise the network layer topology information on each network slice. Since the IGP message is published as a multicast protocol, if the network layer topology information on each network slice needs to be advertised, the number of routes used to advertise the network layer topology information will be large, resulting in a large resource overhead of the network device. .
- an embodiment of the present application provides a communication method, in which the first network device determines that the link layer topology of the second network slice is included in the link layer topology of the first network slice according to the obtained link layer topology information.
- the network device may determine the network layer topology information of the second network slice according to the link layer topology information of the second network slice and the network layer topology information of the first network slice, that is, the network layer topology information of one network slice can be stored in multiple Multiplexing on each network slice reduces the number of routes that network devices advertise network layer topology information and reduces resource overhead.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an application architecture of a communication method provided by an embodiment of the present application.
- the application architecture includes: a network device 1 , a network device 2 and a network device 3 .
- the network device 1 is connected to the network device 2 and the network device 3 respectively, and the network device 2 is connected to the network device 3 .
- Network slice 0 and network slice 1 are deployed on network device 2 and network device 3 , and the topology of network slice 1 is included in the topology of network slice 0 .
- the network device 1 may receive the link layer topology information of the network slice 0 and the network slice 1 sent by the network device 2, and determine that the topology of the network slice 1 is included in the topology of the network slice 0 according to the link layer topology information. In this way, when network device 1 obtains the network layer topology information of network slice 0, network device 1 can determine the network layer topology information of network slice 1 according to the link layer topology information of network slice 1 and the network layer topology information of network slice 0 .
- the network device 1 can be a controller with a centralized management function in a subnet, which can manage the network device 2 and the network device 3.
- it can be a network slice subnet management function (Network Slice Subnet Management Function, NSSMF).
- NSSMF Network Slice Subnet Management Function
- the network device 2 and the network device 3 may be physical devices (ie, forwarders) that can implement traffic forwarding, such as switches, routers, or gateways, or may be virtual devices that support traffic forwarding.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic flowchart of a communication method 200 provided by an embodiment of the present application.
- the communication method 200 provided by the embodiment of the present application includes the following steps:
- Step 201 The first network device acquires first link layer topology information corresponding to the first network slice.
- the first network device may acquire the first link layer topology information corresponding to the first network slice by receiving a message sent by the second network device.
- the Netconf protocol may be enabled on the second network device, and after acquiring the first link layer topology information corresponding to the first network slice, the second network device may send the first network device through a Netconf message. The first link layer topology information corresponding to the network slice.
- the first network slice may include one or more network devices
- the second network device may be one of the network devices in the first network slice.
- the second network device may obtain the first link layer topology information corresponding to the first network slice by enabling a link layer discovery protocol (Link Layer Discovery Protocol, LLDP).
- LLDP provides a standard link layer discovery method, which can encapsulate information such as the main capabilities, management addresses, device IDs, and interface IDs of the local device into LLDP packets for delivery to neighboring devices.
- the neighbor device can save the information for the Network Management System (NMS) to query and judge the communication status of the link.
- NMS Network Management System
- the link layer topology information in the network can be obtained, such as which interfaces are attached to the devices in the network and the specific information of the interconnection between the devices.
- the first link layer topology information obtained by the second network device through LLDP may include information such as N interface identifiers corresponding to the first network slice, the identifier of the first network slice, and the bandwidth of the first network slice.
- the N interface identifiers may be identifiers of interfaces through which one or more network devices in the first network slice communicate with their neighbor devices, and N may be an integer greater than or equal to 1.
- the first network device may be a controller with a centralized management function in a subnet, and can manage the second network device.
- the second network device may be a physical device (ie, a forwarder) that can implement traffic forwarding, such as a switch, a router, or a gateway, or a virtual device that supports traffic forwarding.
- Step 202 The first network device acquires second link layer topology information corresponding to the second network slice.
- the first network device may acquire the second link layer topology information corresponding to the second network slice by receiving a message sent by the second network device, for example, a Netconf message sent by the second network device. It can be understood that, the first network device may also acquire the second link layer topology information corresponding to the second network slice by receiving messages sent by other network devices.
- the second network slice may also include one or more network devices, and the second network device may be one of the network devices in the second network slice.
- the manner in which the second network device acquires the second link layer topology information corresponding to the second network slice is similar to the manner in which it acquires the first link layer topology information. For details, reference may be made to step 201, which will not be repeated here.
- the second link layer topology information may include M interface identifiers corresponding to the second network slice, an identifier of the second network slice, and information such as bandwidth of the second network slice.
- the M interface identifiers may be identifiers of interfaces through which the network device in the second network slice communicates with its neighbor devices, and M may be an integer greater than or equal to 1.
- Step 203 The first network device determines, according to the first link layer topology information and the second link layer topology information, that the link layer topology of the second network slice is included in the first network slice. in the link layer topology.
- that the link layer topology of the second network slice is included in the link layer topology of the first network slice may mean that the link layer topology of the first network slice includes the link layer topology of the second network slice topology, for example, the link layer topology of the first network slice is the same as the link layer topology of the second network slice (that is, the link layer topology of the first network slice just includes the link layer topology of the second network slice), or the The link layer topology of the second network slice is a part of the link layer topology of the first network slice (that is, the link layer topology of the first network slice includes not only the link layer topology of the second network slice, but also other topology).
- FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of an application architecture of another communication method provided by an embodiment of the present application. As shown in Figure 3:
- Network slice 0 includes network device 2 , network device 3 and network device 4 .
- Network slice 1 includes network device 2 , network device 3 and network device 4 .
- Network slice 2 includes network device 2 and network device 3 .
- the topology corresponding to network slice 0 is "network device 2--network device 3--network device 4"
- the topology corresponding to network slice 1 is "network device 2--network device 3--network device 4"
- the topology corresponding to network slice 2 is "network device 2--network device 3".
- the topology of network slice 1 is the same as that of network slice 0, and the topology of network slice 1 may be considered to be included in the topology of network slice 0.
- the topology of network slice 0 also includes the topology of "network device 3 - network device 4".
- the topology of network slice 2 can also be considered to be included in the topology of network slice 0.
- the fact that the link layer topology of the second network slice is included in the link layer topology of the first network slice means that the link layer topology of the first network slice includes all the topologies of the second network slice. If the first network slice only includes part of the topology of the second network slice, it may be considered that the link layer topology of the second network slice is not included in the link layer topology of the first network slice.
- network slice 0 includes network device 2, network device 3, and network device 4;
- network slice 3 includes network device 3, network device 4, and network device 5. That is, the topology corresponding to network slice 0 is "network device 2--network device 3--network device 4", and the topology corresponding to network slice 3 is "network device 3--network device 4--network device 5".
- the topology of network slice 0 only includes part of the topology of network slice 3 (ie "network device 3--network device 4"), and does not include another part of the topology of network slice 3 (ie "network device 4--network device 5”) ”). Therefore, it can be considered that the topology of network slice 3 is not included in the topology of network slice 0.
- the first network device may determine whether the link layer topology of the second network slice is included in the link layer topology of the first network slice by comparing the interface identifiers in the link layer topology information.
- the first network device may determine the second network slice
- the link layer topology is included in the link layer topology of the first network slice, wherein the number of all interfaces of the second link layer topology is M, and the number of all interfaces of the first link layer topology is M. is N, M is less than or equal to N, and both M and N are positive integers.
- M interfaces of the second link layer topology and the M interfaces of the first link layer topology are respectively located in M physical interfaces may refer to: M interfaces of the second link layer topology
- Each interface in the first link layer topology is located on the same physical interface as one of the M interfaces in the first link layer topology. That is, for the foregoing M physical interfaces, each physical interface includes an interface of the second link layer topology and an interface of the first link layer topology.
- the interface of the second link layer topology and the interface of the second link layer topology are located in the same on a physical interface. For example, assuming that an interface identifier 1 in the first link layer topology information is 1/0/0, and an interface identifier 2 in the second link layer topology information is 1/0/0.1, it can be considered that the interface identifier 2 is The corresponding interface is a sub-interface of the interface corresponding to the interface ID 1, and the two are located on the same physical interface.
- an interface identifier 3 in the first link layer topology information is 1/0/0.2
- an interface identifier 4 in the second link layer topology information is 1/0/0.3
- FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an application architecture of another communication method provided by an embodiment of the present application.
- the link layer topology of network slice 0 includes 4 interfaces, namely A1, A2, A3 and A4;
- the link layer topology of network slice 1 includes 4 interfaces, namely B1, A2 and A4.
- the link layer topology of network slice 2 includes two interfaces, C1 and C2, respectively.
- the interface identifiers corresponding to the interfaces in network slice 0, network slice 1 and network slice 2 may be as shown in Table 1:
- interfaces A1 to A4 and interfaces B1 to B4 are located on 4 physical interfaces respectively, that is, the 4 interfaces in network slice 0 and the 4 interfaces in network slice 1 are located on the 4 physical interfaces.
- the link layer topology of network slice 1 is included in the link layer topology of network slice 0.
- interface A1 and interface C1 are located on the same physical interface
- interface A2 and interface C2 are located on the same physical interface, that is, 2 interfaces in network slice 0 and 2 interfaces in network slice 2
- the interfaces are located on 2 physical interfaces, so it can be determined that the link layer topology of network slice 2 is included in the link layer topology of network slice 0.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an application architecture of another communication method provided by an embodiment of the present application.
- the link layer topology of network slice 0 includes 4 interfaces, namely A1, A2, A3 and A4; the link layer topology of network slice 3 includes 4 interfaces, namely D3, D4, D5 and D6.
- the interface identifiers corresponding to the interfaces in network slice 0 and network slice 3 may be as shown in Table 2:
- Step 204 The first network device receives the network layer topology information of the first network slice sent by the second network device.
- the network layer topology information of the first network slice may be Internet Protocol (Internet Protocol, IP) layer topology information, and may also be referred to as three-layer topology information.
- the network layer topology information may be, for example, IGP topology information.
- IGP topology information of the first network slice is acquired.
- each network device on the first network slice may notify each other of their corresponding network layer topology information through an IGP message.
- the IGP enabled on the first network slice may include an Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS) protocol or an Open Shortest Path First (Open Shortest Path First, OSPF) protocol, both of which are It is a link state-based protocol.
- IS-IS Intermediate System to Intermediate System
- OSPF Open Shortest Path First
- the second network device may send the first network device to the first network device through the Border Gateway Protocol Link-state (BGP-LS) Network layer topology information for the slice.
- BGP-LS Border Gateway Protocol Link-state
- BGP-LS is a way of collecting network topology, which can summarize the topology information collected through IGP and send it to the upper-layer controller.
- the network layer topology information of the first network slice may include an IP address, a link cost COST value, a delay, a traffic engineering metric (Traffic Engineering metric, TE metric), an affinity attribute, and a shared risk link group ( One or more of Shared Risk Link Group, SRLG).
- first link layer topology information, the second link layer topology information, and the network layer topology information received by the first network device may be sent by the same network device (for example, the above-mentioned second network device).
- second network device can also be sent by different network devices, for example, the third network device sends the first link layer topology information and the second link layer topology information to the first network device, and the second network device sends the first link layer topology information to the first network device.
- Network devices send network layer topology information. This embodiment does not specifically limit where the first network device obtains the link layer topology information and the network layer topology information.
- Step 205 The first network device determines the network layer topology information of the second network slice according to the second link layer topology information and the network layer topology information of the first network slice.
- the network layer attributes of the second network slice (for example, link cost value, delay, TE metric Attribute information) is similar to the first network slice, and the second network slice can reuse the network layer topology information of the first network slice.
- the first network device may be in the second link layer topology of the second network slice.
- the network layer topology information of the first network slice is multiplexed, thereby obtaining the network layer topology information of the second network slice.
- the first network device may first determine the first link layer topology, the first The link layer topology is the same topology as the link layer topology of the second network slice in the link layer topology of the first network slice; the first network device is further based on the first link layer topology and The network layer topology information of the first network slice determines the network layer topology information of the second network slice, and the network layer topology information of the second network slice is the sum of the network layer topology information of the first network slice and the network layer topology information of the first network slice. The part corresponding to the first link layer topology.
- the first network device may first determine the part of the link layer topology of the first network slice that is the same as the link layer topology of the second network slice, and then determine, based on this part of the topology, to be complex on the second network slice.
- the used network layer topology information so as to obtain the network layer topology information of the second network slice.
- the network device may determine that the link layer topology of the second network slice is included in the link layer topology of the second network slice.
- information and the network layer topology information of the first network slice to determine the network layer topology information of the second network slice that is, the network layer topology information of one network slice can be reused on multiple network slices, and the network layer topology information of network devices can be reduced.
- the number of routes to reduce resource overhead when the network layer topology information also includes IP addresses, by multiplexing the IP addresses of one network slice on other multiple network slices, the allocation of IP addresses can also be reduced and IP address resources can be saved.
- the first network device may compare the second link layer topology information and the network layer topology information of the first network slice according to the link layer topology of the second network slice The superposition is performed to obtain the global topology information of the second network slice. Specifically, for the network device in the second network slice, the link layer topology information of the second network slice on the network device and the network layer topology information of the first network slice on the network device may be superimposed, thereby obtaining Network layer topology information of the second network slice on the network device.
- network device 1 can obtain the link layer topology information of network slice 0, the link layer topology information of network slice 1, and the information of network slice 0 by receiving a message sent by network device 2.
- Network layer topology information is shown in Table 3:
- Interface ID network slice identifier network slice bandwidth network equipment 2 1/0/0.1 1 1 megabit per second (Mb/s) network equipment 3 1/1/0.1, 1/2/0.1 1 1Mb/s network equipment 4 1/3/0.1 1 1Mb/s
- the network layer topology information of network slice 0 is shown in Table 4:
- IP address link cost value delay network equipment 2 1.1.1.1 2 10ms network equipment 3 2.2.2.2 2 10ms network equipment 4 3.3.3.3 2 10ms
- the network layer topology of network slice 1 can be obtained by directly multiplexing the network layer topology of network slice 0, that is, the network layer of network slice 1.
- the topology is the same as the network layer topology of network slice 0.
- the network device 1 can obtain the global topology information of the network slice 1 by superimposing the network layer topology information of the network slice 0 on the basis of the link layer topology information of the network slice 1 .
- the global topology information of network slice 1 is shown in Table 5:
- the first network device superimposes the network layer topology information of network slice 0 on the basis of the link layer topology information of network slice 1, thereby obtaining the global topology information of network slice 1.
- the network device 1 may also obtain the link layer topology information of the network slice 2 by receiving a message sent by the network device 2 .
- the link layer topology information of network slice 2 is shown in Table 6:
- Interface ID network slice identifier network slice bandwidth network equipment 2 1/0/0.2 2 2Mb/s network equipment 3 1/1/0.2 2 2Mb/s
- network device 1 can determine the parts of network slice 1 that are the same as the link layer topology of network slice 2 (ie, network device 2 and network device 3), thereby determining the network layer of network slice 2. topology.
- network layer topology information of network slice 2 is shown in Table 7:
- the global topology information of the network slice 2 can be obtained.
- the network layer topology information of network slice 2 is shown in Table 8:
- corresponding network layer topology information may also be configured on other network slices, and the second network slice
- the link layer topology is also included in the link layer topology of other network slices mentioned above.
- the first network device can select any one network slice from the first network slice and other aforementioned network slices, and multiplex the network layer topology information of the selected network slice.
- the communication method 200 provided in this embodiment may further include: the first network device determining the second link layer topology information according to the second link layer topology information and the network layer topology information of the first network slice.
- the method further includes: acquiring, by the first network device, third link layer topology information corresponding to the third network slice; topology information and the second link layer topology information, it is determined that the link layer topology of the second network slice is included in the link layer topology of the third network slice; the first network device receives the second network slice The network layer topology information of the third network slice sent by the device; based on the network layer topology information of the third network slice and the network layer topology information of the first network slice, the first network device determines to use the The network layer topology information of the first network slice is used to determine the network layer topology information of the second network slice.
- the first network device determines that the link layer topology of the second network slice is included in both the link layer topology of the first network slice and the link layer topology of the third network slice, the first network slice The network device may select the network layer topology information of one of the network slices from the network layer topology information of the first network slice and the network layer topology information of the third network slice. Then, the first network device may determine to obtain the network layer topology information of the second network slice according to the second link layer topology information of the second network slice and the network layer topology information of the selected network slice.
- the network slice when one or more flexible algorithms (FlexAlgo) are configured on the same network slice, the network slice may be based on the one or more flexible algorithms based on the conventional network layer topology.
- a FlexAlgo configuration gets one or more FlexAlgo topologies. That is, the network slice may include conventional network layer topology information and one or more FlexAlgo topology information.
- other network slices that are not configured with network layer topology can choose to reuse the network layer topology information corresponding to the network slice, or one of the FlexAlgo topology information.
- the conventional network layer topology information may be, for example, topology information determined based on a shortest path algorithm.
- the network layer topology information of the first network slice received by the first network device may include topology information determined based on the shortest path algorithm and one or more topology information determined based on FlexAlgo.
- one of the network layer topology information of the received network layer topology information of the first network slice can be selected, for example, the topology information determined by the shortest path algorithm or the topology information determined by the flexible algorithm FlexAlgo can be selected. topology information.
- the first network device determines the network layer topology information of the second network slice according to a piece of network layer topology information on the selected first network slice.
- network slice 0 when network slice 0 is configured with two algorithms, FlexAlgo1 and FlexAlgo2, network slice 0 may generate topology information 0 based on the shortest path algorithm, topology information 1 based on FlexAlgo1, and topology information 2 based on FlexAlgo2. That is, the network layer topology information corresponding to network slice 0 received by the first network device includes topology information 0, topology information 1, and topology information 2. The first network device may select any topology information from topology information 0, topology information 1, and topology information 2 to determine the network layer topology information of network slice 1.
- the first network device may calculate the network layer topology information according to the network layer topology information of the second network slice. the tunnel path on the second network slice.
- the communication method 200 provided in this embodiment may further include: acquiring, by the first network device, a path calculation requirement of the second network slice; and, by the first network device, obtaining, according to the second link layer topology information Perform path calculation with the network layer topology information of the second network slice to obtain a path calculation result; the first network device sends the path calculation result to the second network device, and the path calculation result is used to indicate the path calculation result.
- the second network device creates a tunnel for carrying services.
- the route calculation result may include a route calculation result of a Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP) tunnel, a route calculation result of a Segment Routing Traffic Engineering (SR TE) tunnel The result and one or more of the route calculation results based on the Segment Routing Internet Protocol Version 6 (SRv6) tunnel. That is to say, the communication method 200 provided in this embodiment can be applied to different networks, so as to obtain different types of tunnels by calculation based on the network layer topology information of the second network slice.
- RSVP Resource ReSerVation Protocol
- SR TE Segment Routing Traffic Engineering
- RSVP tunnel path calculation may be performed based on the network layer topology information of the second network slice to obtain a path calculation result of the RSVP tunnel; or, SR TE tunnel calculation is performed based on the network layer topology information of the second network slice, and the calculation result of the SR TE tunnel is obtained.
- the SRv6 tunnel path calculation may be performed based on the network layer topology information of the second network slice to obtain a path calculation result of the SRv6 tunnel.
- FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a network device 600 according to an embodiment of the present application.
- network device 600 includes one or more processors 601 , such as a central processing unit (CPU), network interface 602 , programming interface 603 , memory 604 , and one or more communication buses 605 , used to interconnect various components.
- processors 601 such as a central processing unit (CPU)
- the network interface 602 may be a fixed network interface, such as an RJ45 interface, or a wireless network interface, such as a WIFI interface or a cellular network interface.
- programming interface 603 may be a physical interface, such as a programmable serial interface or a programmable parallel interface, or a virtual interface, such as an application programming interface.
- the network interface 602 is used, among other things, to connect with one or more other network devices/servers in the network system.
- the communication bus 605 includes circuitry that interconnects and controls communication between system components.
- Memory 604 may include non-volatile memory such as read-only memory (ROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM) , Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (electrically EPROM, EEPROM) or flash memory.
- Memory 604 may also include volatile memory, which may be random access memory (RAM), which acts as an external cache.
- memory 604 or a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of memory 604 stores the following programs, modules, and data structures, or subsets thereof, including a receiving unit (not shown), a sending unit (not shown) not shown), an acquisition unit 6041 and a processing unit 6042.
- the network device 600 may include, for example: an obtaining unit 6041, a processing unit 6042 and a receiving unit; the obtaining unit 6041 is configured to obtain the first link layer topology information corresponding to the first network slice ; the obtaining unit 6041 is also used to obtain the second link layer topology information corresponding to the second network slice; the processing unit 6042 is used to obtain the second link layer topology information according to the first link layer topology information and the second link layer Layer topology information, to determine that the link layer topology of the second network slice is included in the link layer topology of the first network slice; the receiving unit is configured to receive the first network sent by the second network device The network layer topology information of the slice; the processing unit 6042 is further configured to determine the network layer topology of the second network slice according to the second link layer topology information and the network layer topology information of the first network slice information.
- the acquisition unit 6041 and the processing unit 6042 are computer-executable programs stored in the memory 604 , and their functions or capabilities are realized by being executed by
- the processing unit 6042 is further configured to calculate the tunnel path on the second network slice according to the network layer topology information of the second network slice.
- the processing unit 6042 is further configured to locate M interfaces in the second link layer topology and M interfaces in the first link layer topology respectively at M physical interfaces , it is determined that the link layer topology of the second network slice is included in the link layer topology of the first network slice, wherein the number of all interfaces of the second link layer topology is M, and the first The number of all interfaces in the link layer topology is N, M is less than or equal to N, and both M and N are positive integers.
- the processing unit 6042 is further configured to determine, according to the second link layer topology information, that the link layer topology of the second network slice is the chain of the first network slice When part of the topology in the road layer topology, determine the first link layer topology, the first link layer topology is the link layer topology of the first network slice and the link layer topology of the second network slice the same topology; according to the first link layer topology and the network layer topology information of the first network slice, determine the network layer topology information of the second network slice, the network layer topology information of the second network slice is the part corresponding to the first link layer topology in the network layer topology information of the first network slice.
- the obtaining unit 6041 is further configured to obtain the third link layer topology information corresponding to the third network slice; the processing unit 6042 is further configured to obtain the third link layer topology information according to the third link layer The topology information and the second link layer topology information determine that the link layer topology of the second network slice is included in the link layer topology of the third network slice; the receiving unit is further configured to receive the first The network layer topology information of the third network slice sent by the second network device; the processing unit 6042 is further configured to be based on the network layer topology information of the third network slice and the network layer topology information of the first network slice , determining to use the network layer topology information of the first network slice to determine the network layer topology information of the second network slice.
- the network layer topology information of the first network slice includes topology information determined based on a shortest path algorithm or topology information determined based on FlexAlgo.
- the network layer topology information of the second network slice includes interior gateway protocol IGP topology information
- the IGP topology information includes IP address, link cost COST value, delay, TE metric, pro- and attribute and one or more of SRLG.
- the first link layer topology information further includes one or more of an identifier of the first network slice and bandwidth information of the first network slice;
- the second link layer The road layer topology information further includes one or more of an identifier of the second network slice and bandwidth information of the second network slice.
- it further includes a sending unit; the obtaining unit 6041 is further configured to obtain the path calculation requirement of the second network slice; the processing unit 6042 is further configured to Perform path calculation on the road layer topology information and the network layer topology information of the second network slice to obtain a path calculation result; the sending unit is further configured to send the path calculation result to the second network device.
- the channel result is used to instruct the second network device to create a tunnel for carrying services.
- the path calculation result includes one or more of the path calculation result of the RSVP tunnel, the path calculation result of the SR TE tunnel, and the path calculation result of the SRv6 tunnel.
- the above-mentioned functions of the receiving unit and the sending can be realized by the processor calling the program code in the memory, and cooperate with the network interface 602 when needed; it can also be realized by the network interface 602 on the network device 600 to complete the data transmission and reception operations.
- the network device 600 is configured to execute the communication methods provided by the embodiments of the present application.
- the processor 601 executes the computer-executable instructions in the memory 604 to cause the network device 600 to execute the above-mentioned embodiments corresponding to FIGS. 2-5 . Including communication methods.
- B corresponding to A means that B is associated with A, and B can be determined according to A.
- determining B according to A does not mean that B is only determined according to A, and B may also be determined according to A and/or other information.
- the disclosed system, apparatus and method may be implemented in other manners.
- the apparatus embodiments described above are only illustrative.
- the division of the units is only a logical function division. In actual implementation, there may be other division methods.
- multiple units or components may be combined or Can be integrated into another system, or some features can be ignored, or not implemented.
- the shown or discussed mutual coupling or direct coupling or communication connection may be through some interfaces, indirect coupling or communication connection of devices or units, and may be in electrical, mechanical or other forms.
- the units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and components displayed as units may or may not be physical units, that is, may be located in one place, or may be distributed to multiple network units. Some or all of the units may be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution in this embodiment.
- each functional unit in each embodiment of the present application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each unit may exist physically alone, or two or more units may be integrated into one unit.
- the above-mentioned integrated units may be implemented in the form of hardware, or may be implemented in the form of software functional units.
- the integrated unit if implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as an independent product, may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium.
- the technical solutions of the present application can be embodied in the form of software products in essence, or the parts that contribute to the prior art, or all or part of the technical solutions, and the computer software products are stored in a storage medium , including several instructions for causing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device/server, etc.) to execute all or part of the steps of the methods described in the various embodiments of the present application.
- the aforementioned storage medium includes: a U disk, a removable hard disk, a read-only memory, a random access memory, a magnetic disk or an optical disk and other media that can store program codes.
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接口标识 | 网络切片标识 | 网络切片带宽 | |
网络设备2 | 1/0/0.1 | 1 | 1兆比特/秒(Mb/s) |
网络设备3 | 1/1/0.1、1/2/0.1 | 1 | 1Mb/s |
网络设备4 | 1/3/0.1 | 1 | 1Mb/s |
IP地址 | 链路开销值 | 时延 | |
网络设备2 | 1.1.1.1 | 2 | 10ms |
网络设备3 | 2.2.2.2 | 2 | 10ms |
网络设备4 | 3.3.3.3 | 2 | 10ms |
接口标识 | 网络切片标识 | 网络切片带宽 | |
网络设备2 | 1/0/0.2 | 2 | 2Mb/s |
网络设备3 | 1/1/0.2 | 2 | 2Mb/s |
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- 一种通信方法,其特征在于,包括:第一网络设备获取第一网络切片对应的第一链路层拓扑信息;所述第一网络设备获取第二网络切片对应的第二链路层拓扑信息;所述第一网络设备根据所述第一链路层拓扑信息和所述第二链路层拓扑信息,确定所述第二网络切片的链路层拓扑包含于所述第一网络切片的链路层拓扑中;所述第一网络设备接收第二网络设备发送的所述第一网络切片的网络层拓扑信息;所述第一网络设备根据所述第二链路层拓扑信息和所述第一网络切片的网络层拓扑信息,确定所述第二网络切片的网络层拓扑信息。
- 根据权利要求1所述的通信方法,其特征在于,所述方法还包括:第一网络设备根据所述第二网络切片的网络层拓扑信息计算所述第二网络切片上的隧道路径。
- 根据权利要求1或2所述的通信方法,其特征在于,所述第一网络设备根据所述第一链路层拓扑信息和所述第二链路层拓扑信息,确定所述第二网络切片的链路层拓扑包含于所述第一网络切片的链路层拓扑中,包括:在所述第二链路层拓扑的M个接口与所述第一链路层拓扑的M个接口分别位于M个物理接口时,所述第二网络切片的链路层拓扑包含于所述第一网络切片的链路层拓扑中,其中所述第二链路层拓扑的全部接口的数量为M,所述第一链路层拓扑的全部接口的数量为N,M小于或等于N,且M和N均为正整数。
- 根据权利要求1至3任意一项所述的通信方法,其特征在于,所述第一网络设备根据所述第二链路层拓扑信息和所述第一网络切片的网络层拓扑信息,确定所述第二网络切片的网络层拓扑信息,包括:在所述第一网络设备根据所述第二链路层拓扑信息,确定所述第二网络切片的链路层拓扑为所述第一网络切片的链路层拓扑中的部分拓扑时,所述第一网络设备确定第一链路层拓扑,所述第一链路层拓扑为所述第一网络切片的链路层拓扑中与所述第二网络切片的链路层拓扑相同的拓扑;所述第一网络设备根据所述第一链路层拓扑和所述第一网络切片的网络层拓扑信息,确定所述第二网络切片的网络层拓扑信息,所述第二网络切片的网络层拓扑信息为所述第一网络切片的网络层拓扑信息中与所述第一链路层拓扑对应的部分。
- 根据权利要求1至4任意一项所述的通信方法,其特征在于,所述第一网络设备根据所述第二链路层拓扑信息和所述第一网络切片的网络层拓扑信息,确定所述第二网络切片的网络层拓扑信息之前,所述方法还包括:所述第一网络设备获取第三网络切片对应的第三链路层拓扑信息;所述第一网络设备根据所述第三链路层拓扑信息和所述第二链路层拓扑信息,确定所述第二网络切片的链路层拓扑包含于所述第三网络切片的链路层拓扑中;所述第一网络设备接收第二网络设备发送的所述第三网络切片的网络层拓扑信息;基于所述第三网络切片的网络层拓扑信息和所述第一网络切片的网络层拓扑信息,所述第一网络设备确定采用所述第一网络切片的网络层拓扑信息来确定所述第二网络切片的网络层拓扑信息。
- 根据权利要求1至4任意一项所述的通信方法,其特征在于,所述第一网络切片的网络层拓扑信息包括基于最短路径算法确定的拓扑信息或基于灵活算法FlexAlgo确定的拓扑信息。
- 根据权利要求1至6任意一项所述的通信方法,其特征在于,所述第二网络切片的网络层拓扑信息包括内部网关协议IGP拓扑信息,所述IGP拓扑信息包括IP地址、链路开销COST值、时延、流量工程度量值TE metric、亲和属性以及共享风险链路组SRLG中的一个或多个。
- 根据权利要求1至7任意一项所述的通信方法,其特征在于,所述第一链路层拓扑信息还包括所述第一网络切片的标识和所述第一网络切片的带宽信息中的一个或多个;所述第二链路层拓扑信息还包括所述第二网络切片的标识和所述第二网络切片的带宽信息中的一个或多个。
- 根据权利要求1至8任意一项所述的通信方法,其特征在于,所述方法还包括:所述第一网络设备获取所述第二网络切片的算路需求;所述第一网络设备根据所述第二链路层拓扑信息和所述第二网络切片的网络层拓扑信息进行算路,得到算路结果;所述第一网络设备向所述第二网络设备发送所述算路结果,所述算路结果用于指示所述第二网络设备创建承载业务的隧道。
- 根据权利要求9所述的通信方法,其特征在于,所述算路结果包括资源预留协议RSVP隧道的算路结果、分段路由流量工程SR TE隧道的算路结果以及基于互联网协议第6版的分段路由SRv6隧道的算路结果中的一个或多个。
- 一种网络设备,包括:获取单元,用于获取第一网络切片对应的第一链路层拓扑信息;所述获取单元,还用于获取第二网络切片对应的第二链路层拓扑信息;处理单元,用于根据所述第一链路层拓扑信息和所述第二链路层拓扑信息,确定所述第二网络切片的链路层拓扑包含于所述第一网络切片的链路层拓扑中;接收单元,用于接收第二网络设备发送的所述第一网络切片的网络层拓扑信息;所述处理单元,还用于根据所述第二链路层拓扑信息和所述第一网络切片的网络层拓扑信息,确定所述第二网络切片的网络层拓扑信息。
- 根据权利要求11所述的网络设备,其特征在于,所述处理单元,还用于根据所述第二网络切片的网络层拓扑信息计算所述第二网络切片上的隧道路径。
- 根据权利要求11或12所述的网络设备,其特征在于,所述处理单元,还用于:在所述第二链路层拓扑的M个接口与所述第一链路层拓扑的M个接口分别位于M个物理接口时,确定所述第二网络切片的链路层拓扑包含于所述第一网络切片的链路层拓扑中,其中所述第二链路层拓扑的全部接口的数量为M,所述第一链路层拓扑的全部接口的数量为N,M小于或等于N,且M和N均为正整数。
- 根据权利要求11至13任意一项所述的网络设备,其特征在于,所述处理单元还用于:在根据所述第二链路层拓扑信息,确定所述第二网络切片的链路层拓扑为所述第一网络切片的链路层拓扑中的部分拓扑时,确定第一链路层拓扑,所述第一链路层拓扑为所述第一网络切片的链路层拓扑中与所述第二网络切片的链路层拓扑相同的拓扑;根据所述第一链路层拓扑和所述第一网络切片的网络层拓扑信息,确定所述第二网络切片的网络层拓扑信息,所述第二网络切片的网络层拓扑信息为所述第一网络切片的网络层拓扑信息中与所述第一链路层拓扑对应的部分。
- 根据权利要求11至14任意一项所述的网络设备,其特征在于,所述获取单元,还用于获取第三网络切片对应的第三链路层拓扑信息;所述处理单元,还用于根据所述第三链路层拓扑信息和所述第二链路层拓扑信息,确定所述第二网络切片的链路层拓扑包含于所述第三网络切片的链路层拓扑中;所述接收单元,还用于接收第二网络设备发送的所述第三网络切片的网络层拓扑信息;所述处理单元,还用于基于所述第三网络切片的网络层拓扑信息和所述第一网络切片的网络层拓扑信息,确定采用所述第一网络切片的网络层拓扑信息来确定所述第二网络切片的网络层拓扑信息。
- 根据权利要求11至14任意一项所述的网络设备,其特征在于,所述第一网络切片的网络层拓扑信息包括基于最短路径算法确定的拓扑信息或基于FlexAlgo确定的拓扑信息。
- 根据权利要求11至16任意一项所述的网络设备,其特征在于,所述第二网络切片的网络层拓扑信息包括内部网关协议IGP拓扑信息,所述IGP拓扑信息包括IP地址、链路 开销COST值、时延、TE metric、亲和属性以及SRLG中的一个或多个。
- 根据权利要求11至17任意一项所述的网络设备,其特征在于,所述第一链路层拓扑信息还包括所述第一网络切片的标识和所述第一网络切片的带宽信息中的一个或多个;所述第二链路层拓扑信息还包括所述第二网络切片的标识和所述第二网络切片的带宽信息中的一个或多个。
- 根据权利要求11至18任意一项所述的网络设备,其特征在于,还包括发送单元;所述获取单元,还用于获取所述第二网络切片的算路需求;所述处理单元,还用于根据所述第二链路层拓扑信息和所述第二网络切片的网络层拓扑信息进行算路,得到算路结果;所述发送单元,还用于向所述第二网络设备发送所述算路结果,所述算路结果用于指示所述第二网络设备创建承载业务的隧道。
- 根据权利要求19所述的网络设备,其特征在于,所述算路结果包括RSVP隧道的算路结果、SR TE隧道的算路结果以及SRv6隧道的算路结果中的一个或多个。
- 一种网络设备,其特征在于,包括:处理器、存储器;存储器用于存储指令;处理器用于执行存储器中的指令,使得所述网络设备执行如权利要求1至10任意一项所述的方法。
- 一种计算机可读存储介质,其特征在于,所述计算机存储介质中存储有计算机可读指令,当该计算机可读指令被处理器执行时实现如权利要求1至10任意一项所述的方法。
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