Background technology
In broadband access network, various types of digital subscriber lines (xDSL) technology is used widely.Wherein, xDSL comprises ADSL, ADSL2, ADSL2+, VDSL and SHDSL etc.Necessaries during user front end device (CPE) is used as these, how effectively it to be managed is a major issue.
Management to CPE relates generally to aspects such as configuration management, fault and performance management.Management system should be able to be to data link layer connectivity parameter, adaptive mode, packing forms, the automatic configuration of the necessary informations such as parameter relevant with business more than the traffic management parameters, data link layer and data link layer; Simultaneously can provide long-range download and updating and management to the CPE firmware.Can add up simultaneously, report fault and performance, operation such as monitoring.
XDSL (Ethernet-over-xDSL) application based on the Ethernet transmission mode is a kind of mode that the xDSL technology is used.For traditional xDSL (ATM-over-xDSL) technology based on the ATM transmission mode, can adopt by the ILMI of ATM Forum definition or the modes such as TR037 of DSL Forum definition CPE is managed and disposes, still can not be applied to xDSL pattern based on Ethernet.In a series of xDSL physical layer specifications that ITU-T SG15 formulates, defined EOC (embedding operation passage) and the corresponding information format that is used for the physical layer OAM function.But because its admissible rate is very limited, be difficult to really be used for the CPE telemanagement, especially when needing relatively large management data and need exchange.
Therefore, for pattern, need provide a kind of scheme of feasible CPE telemanagement to solve the problems referred to above based on the xDSL of Ethernet.
Summary of the invention
Therefore, the object of the present invention is to provide a kind of at method and relevant device based on the digital subscriber line access system medium-long range leading subscriber fore device of Ethernet transmission mode.
According to the present invention, above-mentioned purpose is by providing a kind of being used for to realize in the method based on the digital subscriber line access system medium-long range leading subscriber fore device of Ethernet transmission mode, described digital subscriber line access system comprises central office and user front end device, and described method comprises the following steps: that the snmp management person protocol apparatus that is positioned at described central office produces the Query Information message; First Ethernet protocol device by being positioned at described central office and the second Ethernet protocol device of described user front end device send to described Query Information message in the SNMP agency agreement device of described user front end device; In response to described Query Information message, described SNMP agency agreement device produces the response message message; By the second Ethernet protocol device and the first Ethernet protocol device that is positioned at described user front end device and described central office, described response message message is sent to described snmp management person protocol apparatus, wherein, the mutual primitive message of the SNMP adaptation layer of the SNMP client sublayer of the described first Ethernet protocol device and the described first Ethernet protocol device, and the mutual primitive message of SNMP adaptation layer of the SNMP client sublayer of the described second Ethernet protocol device and the described second Ethernet protocol device.
Preferably, be used in method according to of the present invention based on the digital subscriber line access system medium-long range leading subscriber fore device of Ethernet transmission mode, also comprise step: by multiplexer, the multiplexing service primitive message that comes from the described primitive message of described SNMP client sublayer and come from MAC client sublayer.
Preferably, be used in method according to of the present invention based on the digital subscriber line access system medium-long range leading subscriber fore device of Ethernet transmission mode, also comprise decomposer generation service data unit, and inform SNMP client sublayer with primitive message by the SNMP adaptation layer of the described first and second Ethernet protocol devices.
Preferably, be used in the method based on the digital subscriber line access system medium-long range leading subscriber fore device of Ethernet transmission mode according to of the present invention, wherein said central office is as the snmp management person, and described user front end device is acted on behalf of as SNMP.
Preferably, be used in the method based on the digital subscriber line access system medium-long range leading subscriber fore device of Ethernet transmission mode according to of the present invention, the SNMP infomational message directly is encapsulated among the ethernet frame.
Preferably, be used in method according to of the present invention based on the digital subscriber line access system medium-long range leading subscriber fore device of Ethernet transmission mode, wherein, described snmp management person protocol apparatus is initiated one of single step inquiry, multistep inquiry or setting operation to described SNMP agency agreement device.
Preferably, be used in method according to of the present invention based on the digital subscriber line access system medium-long range leading subscriber fore device of Ethernet transmission mode, described SNMP agency agreement device to described snmp management person protocol apparatus initiate to the single step inquiry response, to the response of multistep inquiry, to one of the response of setting operation or trap operation.
Preferably, be used in the method based on the digital subscriber line access system medium-long range leading subscriber fore device of Ethernet transmission mode according to of the present invention, other operations between wherein said snmp management person protocol apparatus and the described SNMP agency agreement device should be observed the agreement of each version of SNMP.
Purpose of the present invention also realizes by the central office local side apparatus in a kind of digital subscriber line access system.This equipment comprises: snmp management person protocol apparatus is used to produce the Query Information message; The first Ethernet protocol device, be used for described Query Information message is sent to the user front end device, and from the response message message of described user front end device reception corresponding to described Query Information message, wherein, the mutual primitive message of SNMP adaptation layer of the SNMP client sublayer of the described first Ethernet protocol device and the described first Ethernet protocol device.
Purpose of the present invention also realizes by the user front end device in a kind of digital subscriber line access system.This device comprises: SNMP agency agreement device, be used for according to the Query Information message, and produce the response message message; The second Ethernet protocol device, be used for receiving described Query Information message from the central office, provide it to described SNMP agency agreement device, and be used for described response message message is sent to described central office, wherein, the mutual primitive message of SNMP adaptation layer of the SNMP client sublayer of the described second Ethernet protocol device and the described second Ethernet protocol device.
The description of execution mode and accompanying drawing by the back, it is clearer that the other objects and features of the invention will become.Identical label is represented same or analogous parts in the accompanying drawing.
Embodiment
The present invention is based on the method for carrying out the CPE telemanagement in the xDSL application of Ethernet transmission mode.Embodiments of the present invention will use the snmp protocol architecture to be described.
Below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, preferred implementation of the present invention is described in detail.
Fig. 1 has gone out the structured flowchart that carries out the CPE telemanagement according to of the present invention in the xDSL based on the Ethernet transmission mode uses.
XDSL application system based on the Ethernet transmission mode according to the present invention mainly comprises CPE (CPE) 20 and central office (CO) 30.CO 30 is for providing multiplexing or function of exchange from the xDSL user's data, and comprises Network Management Function.CPE is a subscriber equipment, can be the xDSL modulator-demodulator, set-top box, or other equipment.
Referring to Fig. 1, application system 10 according to telemanagement CPE of the present invention comprises the management application apparatus 100 that is positioned at CPE 20 inside, SNMP agency agreement device 200, management information bank (MIB) 300, be positioned at the management application apparatus 400 of CO30 inside, snmp management person protocol apparatus 500.Manage the communication of message between the corresponding intrument by protocol apparatus, the notice corresponding intrument manages operation.The management information message that is produced by SNMP agency agreement device 200 and snmp management person protocol apparatus 500 in communication process is encapsulated in the ethernet frame and transmits.
Referring to Fig. 1, application system 10 according to the present invention also comprises Ethernet protocol device 600 and the xDSL device 700 that is positioned at CPE 20 inside, and the Ethernet protocol device 800 and the xDSL device 900 that are positioned at CO 30 inside.
Fig. 2 shows the basic operation type and the information interaction flow process of carrying out the CPE telemanagement according to of the present invention in the xDSL based on the Ethernet transmission mode uses.
Referring to Fig. 2, based on the basic operation type of SNMP, the basic operation type of CPE telemanagement comprises single step query/response (Get-request/Get-response), multistep query/response (Get-next-request/Get-response), setting/response (Set-request/Get-response), self-trapping (Trap); Other action types should be observed the agreement of each version of SNMP.
Fig. 3 shows the message of forming and being transmitted based on the inside of Ethernet protocol device according to of the present invention;
Among Fig. 3, show in Ethernet protocol device 600,800 and realize the protocol adaptation of SNMP and Ethernet, and provide and extract the process of packaging information by SNMP client sublayer and SNMP adaptation layer.
Below in conjunction with Fig. 3 and 4, illustrate that the xDSL based on the Ethernet transmission mode of the present invention carries out the basic operation of CPE telemanagement and the detailed process of information interaction in using.
With reference to figure 4, be that example describes with the single step query manipulation.At first, the snmp management person protocol apparatus 500 that is arranged in CO 30 sends Query Information message Get-request to the SNMP agency agreement device 200 that is arranged in CPE 20, sends the request of extracting the desired parameters value to SNMP agency agreement device 200.This operation is initiated by the management application apparatus 400 that is positioned at CO 30, generates single step query message Get-request in snmp management person protocol apparatus 500.
Then, the SNMP message of generation enters the SNMP client sublayer of the Ethernet protocol device 800 in the CO 30 and handles, and SNMP client sublayer produces primitive message SNMP_SDU.request and informs the multiplexer 310 that is arranged in the SNMP adaptation layer.Above-mentioned primitive message SNMP_SDU.request comprises source address, destination address and SDU.The SNMP message will be included in this primitive message as service data unit (SDU).
Then, to carry out multiplexing with service primitive from the service primitive SNMP_SDU.request of SNMP client sublayer by multiplexer 310 from MAC client sublayer, and multiplexing standard primitives message MA_DA.requrest later is sent to and passes mac layer, or directly be sent to the MAC layer, generate the ethernet frame of user data frame and encapsulation SNMP message as shown in Figure 5 by the MAC layer.Later processing is finished by each functional layer under the MAC layer, because it is uncorrelated with the present invention, this is not described in any further.
Turn back to Fig. 4, the MAC layer in the Ethernet protocol device 600 in the CPE 20 will recover corresponding frame after the information of receiving from lower floor.After extracting primitive message MA_DA.indication information needed, composition primitive message MA_DA.indication is sent to the decomposer 320 in the SNMP adaptation layer, decomposer 320 distinguishes the SNMP service data unit, generate primitive message SNMP_SDU.indication afterwards, and be sent to SNMP client sublayer.The SNMP message is taken out in SNMP client sublayer, delivers SNMP agency agreement device 200.
In the present embodiment, the SNMP message that 200 pairs in SNMP agency agreement device is received is decoded, and community's field authentication, type according to PDU in the SNMP message, identifying operation is the single step query manipulation, analysis is by corresponding node among the corresponding MIB of searching and managing variable, and the value that obtains managing variable from corresponding object forms the SNMP response message again.The details of relevant SNMP agency's operation should be observed the snmp protocol agreement, is not described in detail at this.
The SNMP response message that SNMP agency agreement device 200 among the CPE 20 produces enters SNMP client sublayer and handles, SNMP client sublayer produces primitive message SNMP_SDU.request and informs the multiplexer 310 that is arranged in the SNMP adaptation layer, and the SNMP message will be included in the message of this primitive as service data unit.Then, by multiplexer 310 will from the service primitive message of SNMP client sublayer with carry out multiplexing from the service primitive message of MAC client sublayer, and multiplexing standard primitives message MA_DA.requrest later is sent to and passes mac layer, or directly be sent to the MAC layer, generate the ethernet frame of user data frame and encapsulation SNMP message as shown in Figure 5 by the MAC layer.Later processing is finished by each functional layer under the MAC layer, because it is uncorrelated with the present invention, this is not described in any further.
The MAC layer of CO 30 is after the information of receiving from lower floor, to recover corresponding frame, after extracting primitive message MA_DA.indication information needed, the primitive message MA_DA.indication that forms is sent to the decomposer 320 in the SNMP adaptation layer, decomposer 320 distinguishes the SNMP service data unit, afterwards primitive message SNMP_SDU.indication is sent to SNMP client sublayer.The SNMP response message is taken out in SNMP client sublayer, the person's protocol apparatus 500 of delivering to the snmp management.So far, carried out once complete single step query/response operation.
From as can be seen above-mentioned,, can finish telemanagement by 30 couples of CPE 20 of CO based on SNMP by the interactive operation of the snmp management person protocol apparatus between CO 30 and CPE 20 500 with SNMP agency agreement device 200.By increasing SNMP client sublayer and SNMP adaptation layer, can realize SNMP function effectively based on Ethernet.
Above-mentioned is that example has been described the operations according to the instant invention method with the single step query/response.For the multistep query/response, setting/response self-trappingly waits operation, remove the operation according to the SNMP agreement, apparatus and method according to the invention can be able to finish equally management information between CO 30 and the CPE 20 alternately, thereby the telemanagement of realization CPE.
The present invention also provides central office side equipment and user front end device with the digital subscriber line access system that is used for realizing this method except above this method is provided.
These equipment and device can be operated according to said method, because its specific implementation is not difficult to those skilled in the art, therefore, these equipment and device needn't be as before by stating that its function describes in detail at this.
Believe that operation of the present invention and structure are very clear by top description.Do not departing from the scope of the present invention and conceiving and to make many other changes and remodeling.Should be appreciated that to the invention is not restricted to certain embodiments, scope of the present invention is defined by the following claims.