Huawei Technologies Co., Limited

Qiuyou Wu

Wei Su

Limin Dong

Xin Xiao

Maarten Petrus Joseph Vissers

Qiwen Zhong

Maarten Vissers

Chiwu Ding

Jun Ming Yan

Yi Lin

Huaping Qing

Xiaobing Zi

Zhiying Yao

Jianrui Han

Yujie Chen

Junling Xiang

Fatai Zhang

Yao Shen

Liang Sun

Ming Ju Chen

Shimin Zou

Hongli Jiang

Maarten P J Vissers

Jianying Wei

Ming Chen

Yongheng Dai

Maarten PJ Vissers

Vissers Maarten

Maarten Pj Vissers

Jun Yan

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving a client signal in an optical transport network. In the transmission method, a received client signal is mapped into a variable-rate container OTU-N, wherein a rate of the OTU-N is N times as high as a preset reference rate; and then, the variable-rate container OTU-N is split into N optical sub-channel transport units OTUsubs by column, where a rate of each OTUsub equals to the reference rate; next, the N optical sub-channel transport units OTUsubs are modulated onto one or more optical carriers; at last, the one or more optical carriers is transmitted through a fiber.

Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving client signal in optical transport network

A first optical network device groups a plurality of FlexO instance frames into one group, where each of the plurality of FlexO instance frames carries one OTU signal; then, performs multiplexing on the plurality of FlexO instance frames grouped into one group, to generate one first FlexO frame; next, performing scrambling and FEC processing on the first FlexO frame to generate one second FlexO frame and send it to a second optical network device. If a rate of the FlexO instance frame is 100 Gbps and two FlexO instance frames are grouped into one group, the 200 G optical module can be used in the transmission method.

Method and apparatus for transmitting optical transport unit signal

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a data frame transmission method and a related device. The method includes: first, generating a data frame, where an overhead area of the data frame includes a target bit, the target bit simultaneously indicates at least two multiframes, the multiframe includes a plurality of consecutive data frames, different multiframes include different quantities of data frames, different overhead information is inserted into the different multiframes, and the data frame is an optical transport network OTN data frame; and then sending the data frame.

Data frame transmission method and related device

Method and apparatus for transporting client signals in an OTN are illustrated. In one embodiment, the method includes: mapping a client signal into a first Optical Channel Data Tributary Unit (ODTU) frame including an ODTU payload area and an ODTU overhead area, such that a plurality of n-bit data units of the client signal are inserted into the ODTU payload area and number information is inserted into the ODTU overhead area; mapping the first ODTU frame into the OPUk frame, such that the plurality of n-bit data units are mapped into an OPUk payload part occupying at least one Tributary Slot (TS) of the OPUk payload area and the number information of the ODTU overhead area is mapped into a first OPUk overhead part of the OPUk frame; forming an Optical Channel Transport Unit-k (OTUk) frame including the OPUk frame for transmission.

Method and apparatus for transporting client signals in an optical transport network

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.

Data transmission method and apparatus in optical transport network

An embodiment method includes: mapping a to-be-transmitted optical channel unit signal of n times a benchmark rate to X first optical channel physical link signals; adding a link sequence indicator overhead to each of the X first optical channel physical link signals, to generate X second optical channel physical link signals; and modulating and sending the X second optical channel physical link signals by using X preset optical modules in a one-to-one manner. A rate of the first optical channel physical link signal is mtimes the benchmark rate, n≥2, X≥2, m≥1, and

Signal sending and receiving method, apparatus, and system

A service mapping processing method for an optical transport network, an apparatus, and a system are provided, where the method includes: generating mapping adaptation indication information according to a mapping granularity of a to-be-carried LO ODU, where the mapping granularity is M×g bytes, M is a quantity of timeslots occupied by the to-be-carried LO ODU in an OPUCn, g is a size of a mapping granularity corresponding to each timeslot of the timeslots occupied by the LO ODU, and g is a positive integer greater than 1; mapping, according to the mapping adaptation indication information, the to-be-carried LO ODU to an ODTUCn.M payload area; encapsulating the mapping adaptation indication information into the ODTUCn.M overhead area; encapsulating the ODTUCn.M into an OTUCn; and sending the OTUCn to a receive end device. The method avoids that OTUCns that use different mapping granularities cannot interwork between a receive end and a transmit end.

Service mapping processing method for optical transport network, apparatus, and system

An optical signal transmission method includes mapping a first optical data unit frame to a first flexible tributary unit frame, where the first flexible tributary unit frame includes a plurality of payload blocks; mapping the first flexible tributary unit frame to a first optical payload unit frame, where the plurality of payload blocks are distributed in a payload area of the first optical payload unit frame; mapping the first optical payload unit frame to a second optical data unit frame, where a bit rate of the second optical data unit frame is greater than a bit rate of the first optical data unit frame; mapping the second optical data unit frame to a first optical transport unit frame; and sending the first optical transport unit frame.

Optical signal transmission method and related apparatus

This application provides a data transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: processing, by a network device, a to-be-sent optical data unit ODU to obtain another ODU, where a bit rate of the another ODU is lower than a bit rate of the ODU; and sending, by the network device, the another ODU. In embodiments of this application, the ODU is processed to obtain the another ODU with a lower bit rate, and this helps reduce a rate increase when service data is transmitted in an OTN, so as to reduce an OTN interface rate and OTN costs.

Data transmission method and apparatus

Methods and apparatuses for mapping processing and de-mapping processing in an optical transport network are provided. A Low Order Optical Channel Data Unit (LO ODU) signal is mapped into a payload area of an Optical Channel Data Tributary (ODTU) signal in units of M bytes. M is equal to the number of time slots of a High Order Optical Channel Payload Unit (HO OPU) that are to be occupied by the ODTU signal, and M is an integer larger than 1. Overhead information is encapsulated to an overhead area of the ODTU signal. Thereafter, the ODTU signal is multiplexed into the HO OPU. According to the application, an efficient and universal mode for mapping the LO ODU to the HO OPU is provided.

Method and apparatus for mapping and de-mapping in an optical transport network

A method for processing service data in an optical transport network includes receiving service data, where the service data is to be mapped to a plurality of consecutive data frames, determining a quantity of code blocks, occupied by the service data, of each of the plurality of consecutive data frames and locations of the code blocks, where the code block includes a payload area and an overhead area, the payload area of the code block is used to carry the service data, and the overhead area of the code block includes identification information of the service data, and mapping the service data to the plurality of consecutive data frames based on the quantity of code blocks and the locations of the code blocks.

Method and apparatus for processing service data in optical transport network

Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving a client signal in an optical transport network. In the transmission method, a received client signal is mapped into a variable-rate container OTU-N, wherein a rate of the OTU-N is N times as high as a preset reference rate; and then, the variable-rate container OTU-N is split into N optical stab-channel transport units OTUsubs by column, where a rate of each OTUsub equals to the reference rate; next, the N optical sub-channel transport units OTUsubs are modulated onto one or more optical carriers; at last, the one or more optical carriers is transmitted through a fiber.

A service mapping processing method for an optical transport network, an apparatus, and a system are provided, where the method includes: generating mapping adaptation indication information according to a mapping granularity of a to-be-carried LO ODU, where the mapping granularity is M&#xd7;g bytes, M is a quantity of timeslots occupied by the to-be-carried LO ODU in an OPUCn, g is a size of a mapping granularity corresponding to each timeslot of the timeslots occupied by the LO ODU, and g is a positive integer greater than 1; mapping, according to the mapping adaptation indication information, the to-be-carried LO ODU to an ODTUCn.M payload area; encapsulating the mapping adaptation indication information into the ODTUCn.M overhead area; encapsulating the ODTUCn.M into an OTUCn; and sending the OTUCn to a receive end device. The method avoids that OTUCns that use different mapping granularities cannot interwork between a receive end and a transmit end.

This application provides data transmission methods and apparatuses. One method includes: processing, by a network device, a first optical data unit (ODU) to obtain a second ODU, wherein a bit rate of the second ODU is lower than a bit rate of the first ODU; and sending, by the network device, the second ODU.

Method and apparatus for transporting client signals in an OTN are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes: mapping a client signal into a first Optical Channel Data Tributary Unit (ODTU) frame including an ODTU payload area and an ODTU overhead area, such that a plurality of n-bit data units of the client signal are inserted into the ODTU payload area and number information is inserted into the ODTU overhead area; mapping the first ODTU frame into the OPUk frame, such that the plurality of n-bit data units are mapped into an OPUk payload part occupying at least one Tributary Slot (TS) of the OPUk payload area and the number information of the ODTU overhead area is mapped into a first OPUk overhead part of the OPUk frame; forming an Optical Channel Transport Unit-k (OTUk) frame including the OPUk frame for transmission.

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