Method, terminal, and system for fiber network management

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9467335-B2
Application number	US-201414335530-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 18, 2014
Priority date	Jan 18, 2012
Publication date	Oct 11, 2016
Grant date	Oct 11, 2016

Abstract

The present invention provides a method, terminal and system for fiber network management. A terminal obtains configuration information from a management system and sending an identifier of a configuration port connected to a fiber to an Optical Distribution Network (ODN) device to allow the ODN device to indicate, according to the configuration port identifier, a corresponding configuration port into which one end of the fiber is inserted. The method includes sending, according to a received first identifier of one end of the fiber and a corresponding configuration port identifier, which are sent by the ODN device, and a second identifier of an other end of the fiber, an identifier of a peer configuration port connected to the fiber to the ODN device to allow the ODN device to indicate, a corresponding peer configuration port into which the other end of the fiber is inserted.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fiber network management method, the method comprising:
obtaining configuration information from a management system, wherein the configuration information includes an identifier of a configuration port and an identifier of a peer configuration port;
sending the identifier of the configuration port to an optical distribution network (ODN) device;
receiving, from the ODN device, an identifier of one end of a fiber and the identifier of the configuration port wherein the identifier of the fiber and the identifier of the configuration port are detected and sent by the ODN device after the one end of the fiber is inserted into the configuration port;
receiving an identifier of an other end of the fiber, wherein the identifier of the other end of the fiber corresponds to the identifier of the one end of the fiber; and
sending the identifier of the peer configuration port to the ODN device according to the identifier of the other end of the fiber and a relationship of the identifier of the one end of the fiber, the identifier of the configuration port and the identifier of the peer configuration port.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
after receiving the identifier of the one end of the fiber and the identifier of the configuration port, establishing a mapping relationship between the identifier of the one end of the fiber and the identifier of the configuration port; and
establishing a mapping relationship between the identifier of the one end of the fiber and the identifier of the peer configuration port.

3. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
feeding back an identifier of a configuration port and an identifier of a peer configuration port of an accessed fiber, and a first identifier and a second identifier of the accessed fiber to the management system in a manner of fiber configuration information;
receiving a first identifier of one end of the fiber, wherein the first identifier of one end of the fiber is sent back after a fiber detecting module detects one end of the fiber;
sending the first identifier of one end of the fiber and a first query instruction to the management system to allow the management system to query, according to the fiber configuration information and for the first identifier of one end of the fiber, a corresponding configuration port identifier;
receiving the identifier of the configuration port sent by the management system; and
sending the identifier of the configuration port to the ODN device to allow the ODN device to indicate, according to a received identifier of the configuration port, a corresponding configuration port into which one end of a fiber is inserted.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
feeding back an identifier of a configuration port and an identifier of a peer configuration port of an accessed fiber, and a first identifier and a second identifier of the accessed fiber to the management system in a manner of fiber configuration information;
receiving the first identifier of the one end of the fiber, wherein the first identifier of the one end of the fiber is sent back after a fiber detecting module detects the one end of the fiber;
sending the first identifier of the one end of the fiber and a second query instruction to the management system to allow the management system to query, according to the fiber configuration information and for a received first identifier of the one end of the fiber, corresponding fiber route information; wherein the fiber route information is information about a fiber connection from a network to a user; and
receiving the fiber route information sent by the management system, so that an operator troubleshoots a system connection failure according to the fiber route information.

5. A terminal comprising: a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium communicatively connected to the processor and having instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause the processor to:
obtain configuration information from a management system, wherein the configuration information includes an identifier of a configuration port and an identifier of a peer configuration port;
send the identifier of the configuration port to an ODN device;
receive, from the ODN device, an identifier of one end of a fiber and the identifier of the configuration port, wherein the identifier of the one end of the fiber and the identifier of the configuration port are detected and sent by the ODN device after the one end of the fiber is inserted into the configuration port;
receive an identifier of an other end of the fiber, wherein the identifier of the other end of the fiber corresponds to the identifier of the one end of the fiber; and
send the identifier of the peer configuration port to the ODN device according to the identifier of the other end of the fiber and a relationship of the identifier of the one end of the fiber, the identifier of the configuration port and the identifier of the peer configuration port.

6. The terminal according to claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
establish a mapping relationship between the identifier of the one end of the fiber and the identifier of the configuration port after the identifier of the one end of the fiber and the identifier of the configuration port is received; and
establish a mapping relationship between the identifier of the one end of the fiber and the identifier of the peer configuration port.

7. The terminal in claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to: feed back an identifier of a configuration port and an identifier of a peer configuration port of an accessed fiber, and a first identifier and a second identifier of the accessed fiber to the management system in a manner of fiber configuration information.

8. The terminal according to claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
receive the fiber configuration information fed back by an information feedback unit and receive actual fiber configuration information sent by the ODN device, wherein the actual fiber configuration information includes an identifier of a configuration port and an identifier of a peer configuration port of an actually connected fiber, and a first identifier and a second identifier of the actually connected fiber; and
compare the fiber configuration information with the actual fiber configuration information to check whether they are consistent with each other and send fiber configuration information and actual fiber configuration information that are inconsistent with each other to the management system to allow an operator to correct a fiber connection error.

9. The terminal according to claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to: send a collection instruction to the ODN device to instruct the ODN device to collect and send back the actual fiber configuration information.

10. The terminal according to claim 7 , wherein he processor is further configured to:
receive a first identifier of one end of the fiber, wherein the first identifier of one end of the fiber is sent back after a fiber detecting module detects one end of the fiber;
send the first identifier of one end of the fiber and a first query instruction to the management system to allow the management system to query, according to the fiber configuration information and for the first identifier of one end of the fiber, a corresponding configuration port identifier;
receive the identifier of the configuration port sent by the management system; and
send the identifier of the configuration port to the ODN device to allow the ODN device to indicate, according to a received identifier of the configuration

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Weng Zhenbin
• Liu Huaqing
• Li De

Classifications

• H04L41/0806 Primary

  for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play · CPC title

• G02B6/3895

  identification of connection, e.g. right plug to the right socket or full engagement of the mating parts (keying element on the plug or adapter G02B6/3831; keying element on the ferrule G02B6/3851; keying element for electrical connection H01R13/64) · CPC title

• H04Q11/0062 Primary

  Network aspects · CPC title

• H04L41/0853

  by actively collecting configuration information or by backing up configuration information · CPC title

• H04L41/0869

  Validating the configuration within one network element · CPC title