Method for measuring performance of MPLS LSP

摘要

Provided is a method for measuring performance of a multi-protocol label switching label switched path (MPLS LSP), using a fast failure detection (FFD) packet among MPLS operation and management (OAM) packets recommended by International Telecommunication Union-Telecommunication standardization sector (ITU-T) Y.1711 to detect a packet error generated in the MPLS LSP and newly defining bytes not used in the FFD frame to use the bytes for parity check. An ingress node performs the steps of: calculating a parity value of an MPLS packet as byte interleaved parity (BIP)-8 before transmitting the MPLS packet; storing the calculated parity value of the MPLS packet in an MPLS OAM packet of an FFD structure; and transmitting the MPLS OAM packet whenever transmitting the MPLS packet. And an egress node performs the steps of: calculating a parity value of a received MPLS packet; comparing a parity value of an MPLS packet stored in the MPLS OAM packet with the parity value of the received MPLS packet; and when the two parity values are not identical, determining that an error has occurred in the MPLS packet and discarding the MPLS packet.