Link switching method, device, and system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10129617-B2
Application number	US-201514837977-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 27, 2015
Priority date	Mar 5, 2014
Publication date	Nov 13, 2018
Grant date	Nov 13, 2018

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a link switching method, device, and system. The method comprises: an optical network unit (ONU) transmits a monitoring packet through a first Maintenance association End Point on a first link connected to the ONU and an aggregation side switch device, so as to monitor the first link; the ONU performs switching from a first sub-link of the first link to a first sub-link of a second link if it is detected that a link fault occurs on the first link; the ONU sends a notification message to a second optical line terminal (OLT), so that the second OLT enables a transmission port; and the ONU sends an automatic protection switching message to the aggregation side switch device through a second Maintenance association End Point on the second link.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An optical network unit (ONU), wherein the ONU comprises a memory storage comprising instructions; and one or more processors in communication with the memory, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to:
detect that a fault occurs on a first link, wherein the first link comprises a first sub-link between a first port of the ONU and a first optical line terminal (OLT), and a second sub-link between the first OLT and an aggregation side switch device, the first port of the ONU being a port corresponding to the first link;
perform switching from the first sub-link of the first link to a first sub-link of a second link, wherein the second link is a link, except the first link, between a second port of the ONU and the aggregation side switch device, the second port of the ONU being a port corresponding to the second link, the first sub-link of the second link being a link between the second port of the ONU and a second OLT, wherein the second link further comprises a second sub-link between the aggregation side switch device and the second OLT;
send, via the first sub-link of the second link, a notification message to the second OLT to notify the second OLT of occurrence of link switching and a cause for the link switching, so that the second OLT enables a transmission port; and
send an automatic protection switching message to the aggregation side switch device through the second port of the ONU on the second link to notify the aggregation side switch device of the occurrence of the link switching, so that the aggregation side switch device performs switching from the second sub-link of the first link to the second sub-link of the second link in response to receiving the automatic protection switching message.

2. The ONU according to claim 1 , wherein
the detected link fault occurring on the first link is a fault on the first sub-link of the first link, or a fault in a downlink direction of the second sub-link of the first link; and
the downlink direction of the second sub-link of the first link is a direction in which service data is transmitted from the aggregation side switch device to the first OLT.

3. The ONU according to claim 2 , wherein the one or more processors further execute the instructions to: acquire information associated with the fault on the first sub-link of the first link or the fault in the downlink direction of the second sub-link of the first link.

4. The ONU according to claim 2 , wherein if the detected link fault occurring on the first link is the fault on the first sub-link of the first link, the notification message is a Physical Layer Operation Administration and Maintenance message (PLOAM).

5. The ONU according to claim 2 , wherein if the detected link fault occurring on the first link is the fault in the downlink direction of the second sub-link of the first link, the notification message is a PON Section Trace message; and after service data transmission is successfully switched to the first sub-link of the second link, the one or more processors further execute the instructions to: send an attribute value change notification to the first OLT to notify the first OLT of the occurrence of the link switching and the cause for the switching.

6. A link switching system, comprising:
at least two optical line terminals (OLTs);
at least one optical network unit (ONU); and
an aggregation side switch device;
wherein the ONU comprises a memory storage comprising instructions; and one or more processors in communication with the memory, wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to:
detect that a fault occurs on a first link, wherein the first link comprises a first sub-link between a first port of the ONU and a first optical line terminal (OLT), and a second sub-link between the first OLT and an aggregation side switch device, the first port of the ONU being a port corresponding to the first link;
perform switching from the first sub-link of the first link to a first sub-link of a second link, wherein the second link is a link, except the first link, between a second port of the ONU and the aggregation side switch device, the second port of the ONU being a port corresponding to the second link, the first sub-link of the second link being a link between the second port of the ONU and a second OLT, wherein the second link further comprises a second sub-link between the aggregation side switch device and the second OLT;
send, via the first sub-link of the second link, a notification message to the second OLT to notify the second OLT of occurrence of link switching and a cause for the link switching, so that the second OLT enables a transmission port;
send an automatic protection switching message to the aggregation side switch device through the second port of the ONU on the second link to notify the aggregation side switch device of the occurrence of the link switching, so that the aggregation side switch device performs switching from the second sub-link of the first link to the second sub-link of the second link in response to receiving the automatic protection switching message.

7. A link switching method, the method comprising:
detecting, by an optical network unit (ONU), a fault occurs on a first link, wherein the first link is connected to the ONU and an aggregation side switch device;
performing, by the ONU, switching from a first sub-link of the first link to a first sub-link of a second link;
sending, by the ONU, a notification message to a second optical line terminal (OLT) to notify the second OLT of occurrence of link switching and a cause for the link switching, so that the second OLT enables a transmission port; and
sending, by the ONU, an automatic protection switching message to the aggregation side switch device through a second port of the ONU on the second link to notify the aggregation side switch device of the occurrence of the link switching, so that in response to receiving the automatic protection switching message, the aggregation side switch device performs switching from a second sub-link of the first link to a second sub-link of the second link.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the detected link fault occurring on the first link is:
a fault on the first sub-link of the first link, or
a fault in a downlink direction of the second sub-link of the first link, wherein the downlink direction is a direction in which service data is transmitted from the aggregation side switch device to the first OLT.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein if the detected link fault is the fault on the first sub-link of the first link, the notification message is a Physical Layer Operation Administration and Maintenance message (PLOAM).

10. The method according to claim 8 ,
wherein if the detected link fault is the fault in the downlink direction of the second sub-link of the first link, the notification message is a PON Section Trace message; and
further comprising after the service data transmission is successfully switched to the first sub-link of the second link, sending, by the ONU, an attribute value change notification to the first OLT to notify the first OLT of the occurrence of the link switching and the cause for the switching.

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd
• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yang He
• Wang Yiming

Classifications

• H04Q11/0067 Primary

  Provisions for optical access or distribution networks, e.g. Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network (GE-PON), ATM-based Passive Optical Network (A-PON), PON-Ring · CPC title

• H04Q2011/0081

  Fault tolerance; Redundancy; Recovery; Reconfigurability · CPC title

• H04L41/0659

  by isolating or reconfiguring faulty entities · CPC title

• H04L45/22

  Alternate routing · CPC title

• H04L43/10

  Active monitoring, e.g. heartbeat, ping or trace-route · CPC title