Data transmission method and apparatus in optical transport network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11967992-B2
Application number	US-202117513438-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 28, 2021
Priority date	Apr 30, 2019
Publication date	Apr 23, 2024
Grant date	Apr 23, 2024

Abstract

A data transmission method in an optical transport network includes: mapping first-type service data to a payload block at a specific location in a plurality of consecutive payload blocks, where the plurality of consecutive payload blocks occupy a payload area of an optical data unit (ODU) frame; mapping second-type service data to a payload block at any location in the plurality of consecutive payload blocks other than the at least one specific location; mapping the ODU frame to an optical transport unit (OTU) frame or a flexible OTN (FlexO) frame; and sending the OTU frame or the FlexO frame. In an applicable scenario, service data is transmitted in a hybrid manner.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A data transmission method in an optical transport network (OTN), comprising:
mapping first-type service data to at least one payload block at at least one specific location in a plurality of consecutive payload blocks, wherein the plurality of consecutive payload blocks occupy a payload area of an optical data unit (ODU) frame;
mapping second-type service data to at least one payload block that is at any location in the plurality of consecutive payload blocks other than the at least one specific location;
mapping the ODU frame to an optical transport unit (OTU) frame or a flexible OTN (FlexO) frame; and
sending the OTU frame or the FlexO frame,
wherein
the first-type service data comprises first service data;
the plurality of consecutive payload blocks constitute one transport period; and
a location of a payload block occupied by the first service data in a first transport period is the same as a location of a payload block occupied by the first service data in a second transport period.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
the second-type service data comprises second service data; and
a location of a payload block occupied by the second service data in the first transport period is different from a location of a payload block occupied by the second service data in the second transport period.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one specific location comprises multiple specific locations evenly distributed in the plurality of consecutive payload blocks.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of
a payload block transporting the first-type service data carries a tributary port identifier of the first-type service data; or
a payload block transporting the second-type service data transports a tributary port identifier of the second-type service data.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
sending first information indicating the at least one specific location in the plurality of consecutive payload blocks for the first-type service data.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the first information is carried in an optical payload unit (OPU) overhead or an ODU overhead included in the ODU frame.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
a service frame comprises an overhead and a payload, the overhead comprises mapping information representing a mapping rule for mapping service data to the service frame, and the payload comprises the service data; and
at least one of
the mapping the first-type service data comprises: mapping the first-type service data to a first service frame, and mapping the first service frame to the at least one payload block at the at least one specific location; or
the mapping the second-type service data: mapping the second-type service data to a second service frame, and mapping the second service frame to the at least one payload block that is at any location in the plurality of consecutive payload blocks other than the at least one specific location.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein both a size of the first service frame and a size of the second service frame are equal to an integer multiplied by a size of one payload block, where the integer is greater than one.

9. The method according to claim 7 , wherein both a size of the first service frame and a size of the second service frame are equal to a size of one payload block.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
sending second information indicating a location that is of an initial payload block in the plurality of consecutive payload blocks and that is in the payload area of the ODU frame.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the second information is carried in an optical payload unit (OPU) overhead or the ODU overhead included in the ODU frame.

12. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
the first-type service data comprises time division multiplexing (TDM) service data, and the second-type service data comprises packet-constant bit rate (PKT-CBR) service data and packet-variable bit rate (PKT-VBR) service data; or
the first-type service data comprises TDM service data and PKT-CBR service data, and the second-type service data comprises PKT-VBR service data.

13. The method according to claim 1 , wherein before the mapping the first-type service data, the method further comprises:
determining a quantity of payload blocks to be occupied by the first-type service data, based on a bit rate of the first-type service data and a bit rate of a single payload block; and
determining, based on the determined quantity of payload blocks to be occupied by the first-type service data, the at least one specific locations in the plurality of consecutive payload blocks for the first-type service data.

14. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
the first-type service data comprises third service data and fourth service data; and
the mapping the first-type service data comprises:
mapping the third service data to a first integer quantity of payload blocks at specific locations in the plurality of consecutive payload blocks; and
mapping the fourth service data to a second integer quantity of payload blocks at specific locations in the plurality of consecutive payload blocks.

15. The method according to claim 1 , wherein
the second-type service data comprises fifth service data and sixth service data; and
the mapping the second-type service data comprises:
mapping, based on at least one of a polling mode or priority sequences of the fifth service data and the sixth service data, the fifth service data and the sixth service data to payload blocks that are at any locations in the plurality of consecutive payload blocks other than the at least one specific location.

16. A data transmission method in an optical transport network (OTN), the method comprising:
receiving an optical transport unit (OTU) frame or a flexible OTN (FlexO) frame;
demapping the OTU frame or the FlexO frame, to obtain an optical data unit (ODU) frame, wherein a payload block at a specific location in a plurality of consecutive payload blocks in a payload area of the ODU frame transports first-type service data, and a payload block at a location other than the specific location in the plurality of consecutive payload blocks transports second-type service data; and
obtaining the first-type service data and the second-type service data from the plurality of consecutive payload blocks,
wherein
the first-type service data comprises first service data;
the plurality of consecutive payload blocks constitutes one transport period; and
a location of a payload block occupied by the first service data in a first transport period is the same as a location of a payload block occupied by the first service data in a second transport period.

17. An optical transport network (OTN) apparatus, comprising:
a processor, configured to:
map first-type service data to a payload block at a specific location in a plurality of consecutive payload blocks, wherein the plurality of consecutive payload blocks occupy a payload area of an optical data unit ODU frame;
map second-type service data to a payload block that is at any location in the plurality of consecutive payload blocks other than the specific location; and
map the ODU frame to an optical transport unit (OTU) frame or a flexible OTN (FlexO) frame; and

a transceiver, configured to:
send the OTU frame or the FlexO frame,

wherein
the first-type service data comprises first serv

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Su Wei
• Wu Qiuyou

Classifications

• H04J2203/0091

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