Method for Training Time Slot Synchronization of Nodes in Optical Burst Transport Network, Node Device and Network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016337115-A1
Application number	US-201415112593-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 11, 2014
Priority date	Jan 22, 2014
Publication date	Nov 17, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a method for training time slot synchronization of nodes in an Optical Burst Transport Network (OBTN), a node device and a network. The method includes that: a node trains a reference time delay between receiving of a control frame and receiving of a data frame, wherein the data frame and the control frame are within one period; and the node trains a sending time slot between sending of adjacent data packets in the data frame.

First claim

1 . A method for training time slot synchronization of nodes in an Optical Burst Transport Network (OBTN), comprising:
training, by a node, a reference time delay between receiving of a control frame and receiving of a data frame, wherein the data frame and the control frame are within one period; and training, by the node, a sending time slot between sending of adjacent data packets in the data frame.

2 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein training, by the node, the reference time delay between receiving of the control frame and receiving of the data frame comprises:
taking, by the node, a time delay, between first time at which a frame header of the control frame is received and second time at which a frame header of the data frame is received, as the reference time delay between receiving of the control frame by the node and receiving of the data frame by the node.

3 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein when the node is a master node, training, by the node, the sending time slot between sending of the adjacent data packets in the data frame comprises:
setting, by the master node, the sending time slot between sending of the adjacent data packets in the data frame as a first time slot.

4 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , when the node is the master node, further comprising:
sending, by the master node, the data frame after a preset time interval with respect to time of sending the control frame.

5 . The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein when the node is a slave node, training, by the node, the sending time slot between sending of the adjacent data packets in the data frame comprises:
acquiring, by the slave node, a first time slot and a second time slot between adjacent data packets in the data frame; obtaining, by the slave node, a time slot difference of the slave node according to the first time slot and the second time slot; and adjusting, by the slave node, the sending time slot between sending of the adjacent data packets in the data frame to the first time slot according to the time slot difference when sending the data frame.

6 . The method as claimed in claim 5 , wherein acquiring, by the slave node, the first time slot between of sending the adjacent data packets in the data frame comprises:
acquiring, by the slave node, the first time slot from the control frame; or receiving, by the slave node, a data frame sent after a previous node of the slave node completes training; and taking, by the slave node, a time slot between adjacent data packets in the received data frame as the first time slot.

7 . The method as claimed in claim 5 , wherein acquiring, by the slave node, the second time slot between receiving of the adjacent data packets in the data frame comprises:
inserting, by the slave node, a test data packet between a first data packet and a second data packet in the data frame to obtain a processed data frame; sending, by the slave node, the processed data frame to a next node of the slave node; and receiving, by the slave node, the second time slot sent by the master node, wherein the second time slot is obtained according to a time slot between the first data packet and the test data packet when the next node of the slave node receives the processed data frame, and the next node of the slave node sends the second time slot to the master node, to enable the master node to send the second time slot to the slave node.

8 . A node device, comprising:
a receiving element, configured to receive a control frame and a data frame; a first training element, configured to train a reference time delay between receiving of a control frame via the receiving element and receiving of a data frame via the receiving element, wherein the data frame and the control frame are within one period; and a second training element, configured to train a sending time slot between sending of adjacent data packets in the data frame.

9 . The node device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the first training element is configured to take a time delay, between first time at which a frame header of the control frame is received by the receiving element and second time at which a frame header of the data frame is received by the receiving element, as the reference time delay between receiving of the control frame by the node and receiving of the data frame by the node.

10 . The node device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein when the node device is a master node, the second training element is configured to set the sending time slot between sending of the adjacent data packets in the data frame as a first time slot.

11 . The node device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein when the node device is a master node, the node device further comprises a sending element, configured to send the data frame after a preset time interval with respect to time of sending the control frame.

12 . The node device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein when the node device is a slave node, the second training element comprises:
a time slot acquiring sub-element, configured to acquire a first time slot and a second time slot of the adjacent data packets in the data frame; a time slot difference acquiring sub-element, configured to obtain a time slot difference of the slave node according to the first time slot and the second time slot; and an adjusting element, configured to adjust a time slot between sending of the adjacent data packets in the data frame to the first time slot according to the time slot difference when sending the data frame.

13 . The node device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the time slot acquiring sub-element is configured to: acquire the first time slot from the control frame;
or receive a data frame sent after a previous node of the slave node completes training, and take a time slot between adjacent data packets in the received data frame as the first time slot.

14 . The node device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the time slot acquiring sub-element is configured to: insert a test data packet between a first data packet and a second data packet in the data frame to obtain a processed data frame; send the processed data frame to a next node of the slave node; and receive the second time slot sent by the master node, wherein the second time slot is obtained according to a time slot between the first data packet and the test data packet when the next node of the slave node receives the processed data frame, and the next node of the slave node sends the second time slot to the master node, to enable the master node to send the second time slot to the slave node.

15 . An Optical Burst Transport Network (OBTN), comprising a master node device and a slave node device, wherein the master node device comprises the node device as claimed in claim 8 , and the slave node device comprises the node device as claimed in claim 8 .

16 . A computer storage medium, comprising a set of instructions, wherein when the instructions are executed, at least one processor is triggered to execute the method for training time slot synchronization of nodes in the OBTN as claimed in claim 1 .

17 . The method as claimed in claim 2 , when the node is the master node, further comprising:
sending, by the master node, the data frame after a preset time interval with respect to time of sending the control frame.

18 . The method as claimed in claim 3 , when the node is the master node, further comprising:
sending, by the master node, the data frame after a preset time interval with respect to time of sending the control frame.

Assignees

• Zte Corp

Inventors

• Lu Wei
• Shang Yingchun
• Xia Huilong
• Shi Sheping
• Wang Lei

Classifications

• H04L12/4035 Primary

  in which slots of a TDMA packet structure are assigned based on a contention resolution carried out at a master unit (TDM/TDMA multiplex systems per se H04J3/1694; hybrid switching systems H04L12/64) · CPC title

• H04B10/275

  Ring-type networks · CPC title

• H04J3/0652

  Synchronisation among time division multiple access [TDMA] nodes, e.g. time triggered protocol [TTP] (bus network with centralized control in which slots are of a TDMA packet structure H04L12/4035) · CPC title

• H04J3/1652

  Optical Transport Network [OTN] · CPC title

• H04L12/422

  Synchronisation for ring networks (Time Division Multiplex ring networks, e.g. SDH/SONET H04J3/085) · CPC title