Patent ID: 9426217
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for synchronizing user protocol messages between service nodes, comprising: when receiving a user-related protocol message, a service node judging whether a state of a backup group to which a user belongs corresponding to the protocol message is active or standby on the service node, and according to a type of the protocol message, determining whether to send the protocol message to another service node on which the state of the backup group is standby or active; and when determining to send the protocol message, the service node encapsulating the protocol message through a service backup protocol and sending the encapsulated protocol message to the other service node; wherein when the type of the protocol message received by the service node is a protocol message from an Authentication Authorization and Accounting (AAA) server, a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server or a portal authentication protocol (Portal) server, if a state of a backup group to which a user belongs corresponding to the protocol message is standby on the service node, the service node sending the protocol message to the other service node on which the state of the backup group is active; wherein when the type of the protocol message received by the service node is a Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) tunnel control message, if a state of a backup group to which a user belongs corresponding to the L2TP tunnel control message is active on the service node, the service node sending the L2TP tunnel control message to the other service node on which the state of the backup group is standby.