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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2018
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, Guangdong, CN;
Xiuli Zheng, Beijing, CN;
Jiao Wang, Munich, DE;
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen, Guangdong, CN;
Abstract
Embodiments of this application disclose a topology determining method used by an OFC to determine a complete topology structure of a hybrid SDN-IP network. The method includes: receiving, by an OFC, a first message forwarded by a first OFS; determining information about a link from the first TS to the first OFS based on the first message; sending a second message to the first OFS, and instructing the first OFS to forward the second message on the first port; sending a third message to the first OFS; receiving a first response message, where the first response message carries the MIB information of the first TS; and obtaining the information about the link from the first OFS to the first TS and information about a link from a second TS to the first TS based on the MIB information of the first TS.