Method and apparatus for opening quiet window, and registration method, apparatus and system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11272272-B2
Application number	US-201917049598-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 7, 2019
Priority date	Apr 26, 2018
Publication date	Mar 8, 2022
Grant date	Mar 8, 2022

Abstract

Embodiments of the present application provide a method and apparatus for opening a quiet window, and a registration method, apparatus and system. The method for opening a quiet window includes that: a first quiet window is opened when it is determined that the first quiet window needs to be opened, wherein the first quiet window is used for Optical Network Unit (ONU) discovery.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for opening a quiet window, comprising:
when determining that a first quiet window needs to be opened, opening the first quiet window,
wherein the first quiet window is used for Optical Network Unit (ONU) discovery, determining that the first quiet window needs to be opened comprises: when a Passive Optical Network (PON) system is deployed, a new ONU is added, or an old ONU needs to be replaced, determining that there is an ONU needing to be registered;
when determining that the first quiet window does not need to be opened, stopping opening the first quiet window, wherein determining that the first quiet window does not need to be opened comprises: determining that registration for all ONUs to be registered has been completed.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein opening the first quiet window comprises:
periodically opening the first quiet window.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein determining that the first quiet window needs to be opened further comprises:
determining, according to first notification information, that the first quiet window needs to be opened.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein determining that there is an ONU needing to be registered comprises any of the followings:
determining, according to a pre-configured amount of ONUs to be registered, that there is the ONU needing to be registered;
determining, according to pre-configured identity information of ONUs to be registered, that there is the ONU needing to be registered; and
determining, according to second notification information, that there is the ONU needing to be registered.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein determining that the first quiet window does not need to be opened further comprises:
determining, according to third notification information, that the first quiet window does not need to be opened.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein determining that registration for all ONUs to be registered has been completed comprises any of the followings:
determining, according to a pre-configured amount of the ONUs to be registered, that the registration for all the ONUs to be registered has been completed;
determining, according to pre-configured identity information of the ONUs to be registered, that the registration for all the ONUs to be registered has been completed;
determining that there is no ONU registered within a preset time; and
determining, according to fourth notification information, that the registration for all the ONUs to be registered has been completed.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
when determining that a second quiet window needs to be opened, opening the second quiet window;
wherein the second quiet window is used for Ranging of the ONU, and the second quiet window is shorter than the first quiet window.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
when determining that the first quiet window needs to be opened, broadcasting a discovery request;
detecting a discovery response sent by an ONU, opening a second quiet window, and sending a ranging request to the ONU, wherein the second quiet window is used for ONU ranging; and
receiving a ranging response, and calculating a ranging result.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8 , further comprising:
storing any of the followings:
a corresponding relationship among identity information in the discovery response, the ranging result and an allocated bandwidth;
a corresponding relationship between the identity information and the ranging result; and
a corresponding relationship between the identity information and the allocated bandwidth.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9 , further comprising:
sending the corresponding relationship by broadcast, or sending the corresponding relationship to the ONU; and
receiving information sent by the ONU at the allocated bandwidth.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10 , wherein sending the corresponding relationship when at least one of the followings is satisfied:
it is detected that the ONU is off-line; and
configuration information of the ONU is received.

12. An apparatus for opening a quiet window, comprising a processor and a computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium storing an instruction, wherein the instruction, when being executed by the processor, implements the method for opening the quiet window as claimed in claim 1 .

13. A registration method, comprising:
storing any of the followings:
a corresponding relationship between identity information of an Optical Network Unit (ONU) and a bandwidth; a corresponding relationship between the identity information of the ONU and a ranging result; and a corresponding relationship among the identity information of the ONU, the ranging result and the bandwidth; and
sending the corresponding relationship by broadcast, or sending the corresponding relationship to the ONU;
wherein sending the corresponding relationship by broadcast, or sending the corresponding relationship to the ONU comprises: when it is detected that the ONU is off-line, continuously sending the corresponding relationship in a downstream direction.

14. The registration method as claimed in claim 13 , wherein sending the corresponding relationship further when
configuration information of the ONU is received.

15. The registration method as claimed in claim 13 , further comprising:
opening a second quiet window, and sending a ranging request to the ONU, wherein the second quiet window is used for ONU ranging; and
receiving a ranging response, and calculating the ranging result.

16. The registration method as claimed in claim 13 , further comprising:
receiving information sent by the ONU at the bandwidth.

17. A registration apparatus, comprising a processor and a computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium storing an instruction, wherein the instruction, when being executed by the processor, implements the registration method as claimed in claim 13 .

18. A registration method, comprising:
monitoring any of the followings in a downstream direction when coming back on-line after going off-line: a corresponding relationship among identity information, a ranging result and a bandwidth; a corresponding relationship between the identity information and the ranging result; and a corresponding relationship between the identity information and the bandwidth;
upon finding that local identity information is the same as the identity information in the corresponding relationship, performing at least one of the followings:
obtaining the ranging result in the corresponding relationship, and applying the ranging result locally; and
obtaining the bandwidth in the corresponding relationship, and sending information in the bandwidth.

19. A registration apparatus, comprising a processor and a computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium storing an instruction, wherein the instruction, when being executed by the processor, implements the registration method as claimed in claim 18 .

Assignees

• Zte Corp
• Xian Zhongxing New Software Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhang Weiliang
• Yuan Liquan

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

• H04Q2011/0079

  Operation or maintenance aspects · CPC title

• H04Q2011/0064

  Arbitration, scheduling or medium access control aspects · CPC title

• H04Q11/00

  Selecting arrangements for multiplex systems (multiplex systems H04J) · CPC title