OPENFLOW-BASED CONTROL MESSAGE PROCESSING METHOD, SENDING DEVICE, AND RECEIVING DEVICE AND SYSTEM

• Main Author: LIU, GUOMAN
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English; French
• Published: 11.12.2014
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

An Openflow-based control message processing method, comprising: when judging that data of a control message is required to be partitioned, a sending end partitioning the data of the control message into a plurality of segments, packaging each segment into a fragment message to generate a plurality of fragment messages, wherein at least one fragment message carries segmentation indication information about the control message, which is for indicating to the receiving end the number of the segments of the control message being partitioned or indicating that the control message partitioning has ended; the sending end sending to the receiving end the plurality of fragment messages; after receiving the fragment message, the receiving end judging whether the fragment message is the last fragment message of the control message or whether all the fragment messages of the control message to which the fragment message belongs are already received; and if so, assembling the received fragment messages belonging to the s