Bandwidth information notification method, network node and communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9755975-B2
Application number	US-201514816567-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 3, 2015
Priority date	Aug 21, 2009
Publication date	Sep 5, 2017
Grant date	Sep 5, 2017

Abstract

A bandwidth information notification method includes: obtaining bandwidth information of a microwave link; and sending a plurality of OAM messages carrying the bandwidth information to an endpoint, wherein first one or more OAM messages of the plurality of OAM messages are sent more quickly than at least one of the rest of the plurality of OAM messages.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A bandwidth information notification method, comprising:
obtaining, by a network node, bandwidth information of a microwave link;
determining, by the network node according to the obtained bandwidth information, that a bandwidth of the microwave link has changed;
in response to determining that the bandwidth of the microwave link has changed, sequentially sending, by the network node, a first plurality of operation, administration and maintenance (OAM) messages carrying the bandwidth information to an endpoint;
after sending the first plurality of OAM messages carrying the bandwidth information to the endpoint, sequentially sending, by the network node, a second plurality of OAM messages carrying the bandwidth information to the endpoint, wherein the OAM messages of the second plurality of OAM messages are periodically sent one at a time using a normal period, and wherein OAM messages of the first plurality of OAM messages are periodically sent one at a time using a period that is smaller than the normal period.

2. The bandwidth information notification method according to claim 1 , wherein obtaining the bandwidth information of the microwave link comprises:
detecting, by the network node, a modulation mode of the microwave link; and
obtaining, by the network node, bandwidth information of the microwave link under the modulation mode.

3. The bandwidth information notification method according to claim 2 , wherein, before obtaining the bandwidth information of the microwave link under the modulation mode, the method further comprises determining whether the modulation mode is lower than a threshold modulation mode, and
wherein obtaining the bandwidth information of the microwave link under the modulation mode comprises obtaining the bandwidth information of the microwave link under the modulation mode when the modulation mode is lower than the threshold modulation mode.

4. The bandwidth information notification method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
detecting, by the network node, a modulation mode of the microwave link; and
stop sending, by the network node, OAM messages for bandwidth notification to the endpoint when it the modulation mode is equal to or greater than a threshold modulation mode.

5. The bandwidth information notification method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
stop sending, by the network node, OAM messages for bandwidth notification to the endpoint when a bandwidth of the microwave link is within a threshold bandwidth range.

6. The bandwidth information notification method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
adjusting, by the endpoint, a service policy according to the bandwidth information.

7. The bandwidth information notification method according to claim 1 , wherein sending, by the network node, the first plurality of OAM messages to the endpoint comprises sending the first plurality of OAM messages to the endpoint through another network node, the another network node positioned between the network node and the endpoint.

8. A network node, comprising:
an obtaining unit, configured to obtain bandwidth information of a microwave link;
a sending unit, configured to:
when a bandwidth of the microwave link has changed, sequentially send a first plurality of operation, administration and maintenance (OAM) messages carrying the bandwidth information obtained by the obtaining unit to an endpoint; and
after sending the first plurality of OAM messages, sequentially send a second plurality of OAM messages carrying the bandwidth information to the endpoint, wherein OAM messages of the second plurality of OAM messages are periodically sent using a normal period, and wherein OAM messages of the first plurality of OAM messages are periodically sent one at a time using a period that is smaller than the normal period.

9. The network node according to claim 8 , wherein the network node further comprises:
a detecting unit, configured to detect a modulation mode of the microwave link, wherein the obtaining unit is configured to obtain bandwidth information of the microwave link under the modulation mode that is detected by the detecting unit.

10. The network node according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a judging unit, configured to determine whether the modulation mode that is detected by the detecting unit is lower than a threshold modulation mode;
wherein the obtaining unit is configured to, when the judging unit determines that the modulation mode that is detected by the detecting unit is lower than the threshold modulation mode, obtain the bandwidth information of the microwave link under the modulation mode that is detected by the detecting unit.

11. The network node according to claim 8 , wherein the network node further comprises:
a detecting unit, configured to detect a modulation mode of the microwave link;
wherein the sending unit is further configured to, when the modulation mode that is detected by the detecting unit is equal to or greater than a threshold modulation mode, stop sending OAM messages for bandwidth notification to the endpoint.

12. The network node according to claim 8 , wherein the sending unit is further configured to stop sending OAM messages for bandwidth notification to the endpoint when a bandwidth of the microwave link is within a threshold bandwidth range.

13. A communication system, comprising:
a network node;
a first endpoint; and
a second endpoint, wherein the first endpoint and the second endpoint are endpoints of a service connection that passes through a microwave link and the network node;
wherein the network node is configured to obtain bandwidth information of the microwave link, and to sequentially send a first plurality of operation, administration and maintenance (OAM) messages carrying the bandwidth information to the first endpoint in response to determining that a bandwidth of the microwave link has changed;
wherein the network node is further configured to, after sending the first plurality of OAM messages to the first endpoint, sequentially send a second plurality of OAM messages to the first endpoint, wherein the first plurality of OAM messages is sent more quickly than the second plurality of OAM messages, and wherein the first endpoint is configured to adjust a service policy according to the bandwidth information.

14. The communication system according to claim 13 , wherein the network node is further configured to stop sending OAM messages for bandwidth notification to the first endpoint when a bandwidth of the microwave link is within a threshold bandwidth range.

15. A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium having stored thereon processor-executable instructions configured to cause a processor to perform operations comprising:
obtaining, by a network node, bandwidth information of a microwave link;
in response to determining that a bandwidth of the microwave link has changed, sending, by the network node, a first plurality of operation, administration and maintenance (OAM) messages carrying the bandwidth information to a first endpoint;
after sending the first plurality of OAM messages to the first endpoint, sending, by the network node, a second plurality of OAM messages carrying the bandwidth information to the first endpoint;
wherein the first endpoint is an endpoint of a service connection between the first endpoint and a second endpoint, wherein the service connection passes through the microwave link and the network node; and
wherein OAM messages of the second plurality of OAM messages are periodically sent using a normal period and wherein OAM message

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Long Hao

Classifications

• H04L47/12

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• H04W28/12

  using signalling between network elements · CPC title

• H04L1/0003

  by switching between different modulation schemes · CPC title

• H04L47/20 Primary

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• H04W28/18

  Negotiating wireless communication parameters · CPC title