CN101179604A - MAC address assignment method, equipment and system - Google Patents

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CN101179604A
CN101179604A CNA2007100774163A CN200710077416A CN101179604A CN 101179604 A CN101179604 A CN 101179604A CN A2007100774163 A CNA2007100774163 A CN A2007100774163A CN 200710077416 A CN200710077416 A CN 200710077416A CN 101179604 A CN101179604 A CN 101179604A
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The invention discloses a method of MAC address allocation, which comprises the following steps: a multi-user unit MDU receives the access application datagram and forwards the access application datagram to the network equipment on the upper layer; the network equipment on the upper layer authenticates the access application datagram; after the authentication is passed, the MDU sends the MAC application datagram to the network equipment on the upper layer to apply for the MAC address; the network equipment on the upper layer distributes the datagram through the MAC address so as to allocate the MAC address for the MDU. The invention further discloses a device and a system for allocating the MAC address. By allocating the MAC address for the MDU on the MDU network equipment on the upper layer, the MAC address is saved and the efficiency in configuring the MAC address is greatly enhanced at the same time.

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Method, equipment and system that a kind of MAC Address is distributed
Technical field
The present invention relates to the communications field, relate in particular to method, Apparatus and system that a kind of MAC Address is distributed.
Background technology
PON (Passive Optical Network, EPON) by local side apparatus OLT (Optical LineTerminal, optical line terminal), ustomer premises access equipment ONU (Optical Network Unit, optical network unit)/ONT, MDU (multi-Dwelling Unit, multi-user unit) and ODN unit such as (Optical DistributionNetwork Optical Distribution Networks) constitute, for convenience, ONU and ONT are referred to as hereinafter and are called ONU.
EPON is divided into following several again: APON, EPON, BPON, GPON.In these network systems, the capital exists a large amount of MDU and ONU equipment, when on MDU, realizing having ATM to insert, when inserting,, need on MDU, carry out the conversion of PPPOA to PPPOE in order to communicate with upper layer network with PPPOA forms such as ADSL, VDSL, the format conversion of ATM cell is become the form of Ethernet message, when the conversion that communicates form, because user's PPPOA message does not comprise MAC Address, so need on MDU, will dispose a MAC Address to the user.
In the prior art, need planning in advance during the configuration MAC Address and distribute the MAC Address space in each MDU: a user distributes a MAC Address or multi-user to distribute the mode of a MAC Address; Because in advance and need not know how many MAC Address, and the network architecture of the point-to-multipoint of PON can cause the existence of a large amount of MDU, need dispose separately one by one MDU during operation, when the user activates the service, the keeper need log on each MDU and go up the distribution MAC Address, therefore, relatively takes time and effort, and inefficiency, and the configuring maintenance cost is very high; Because the MAC Address quantity required is very big, need to reserve in advance simultaneously, can't between MDU, share utilization.
Summary of the invention
The present invention proposes method, Apparatus and system that a kind of MAC Address is distributed, solved unified problem on the upper layer network equipment of MDU for MDU configuration MAC Address.
The present invention proposes the method that a kind of MAC Address is distributed, and may further comprise the steps:
Multi-user unit MDU receives and inserts the application message and should insert the application message to its upper layer network device forwards;
Described upper layer network equipment authenticates this access application message, and after authentication was passed through, described MDU sent MAC application message application MAC Address to described upper layer network equipment;
Described upper layer network equipment is that described MDU distributes MAC Address by MAC Address distribution message.
The invention allows for the MDU equipment that a kind of MAC Address is distributed, comprising:
Application unit is used for sending MAC Address application message application MAC Address to the upper layer network equipment of described MDU;
Receiving element is used to receive the MAC Address that described upper layer network equipment sends.
Also comprise: converting unit, be used for not converting the message that has MAC Address to the message of MAC Address with up, convert the descending message that has MAC Address to be not with MAC Address message, perhaps the message of the MAC Address that the user is carried converts the message of the MAC Address that has the upper layer network devices allocation to.
The invention allows for a kind of access network device, comprising:
Receiving element is used to receive the message of the application MAC Address that described MDU sends;
Transmitting element is used for behind the message of the application MAC Address that receives described MDU transmission, takes out MAC Address and distribute to described MDU from the MAC Address pond.
The invention allows for the system that a kind of MAC Address is distributed: comprising: described MDU equipment comprises:
Be used for sending MAC Address application message application MAC Address to the upper layer network equipment of described MDU;
Receiving element is used to receive the MAC Address that access network device sends;
Described access network device comprises:
Receiving element is used to receive the message of the application MAC Address that described MDU equipment sends;
Transmitting element is used for behind the message of the MAC Address that receives described MDU transmission, takes out MAC Address and distribute to described MDU from the MAC Address pond.
The beneficial effect of the embodiment of the invention is: by unification on the network equipment of MDU is that MDU distributes MAC Address, can realize the shared use of MAC Address between each MDU, avoid simultaneously signing in to and carry out the MAC Address distribution on each MDU, improved operating efficiency greatly.
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Fig. 1 is the system architecture diagram of PON in the prior art;
Fig. 2 is the flow chart of the distribution MAC Address of the embodiment of the invention 1;
Fig. 3 is the flow chart of the distribution MAC Address of the embodiment of the invention 2;
Fig. 4 is the structural representation of the MDU of the embodiment of the invention 4;
Fig. 5 is the structural representation of the access network device of the embodiment of the invention 5;
Fig. 6 is the structural representation of the network system of the embodiment of the invention 6.
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Below in conjunction with the drawings and specific embodiments the present invention is described in detail, specific embodiment is as follows:
Embodiment 1: as shown in Figure 2: present embodiment is that MDU distributes MAC Address by unification on the OLT of passive optical network PON.Wherein MDU is a multi-user unit, and a kind of special shape for ONU can meet a plurality of users.Concrete implementation method flow process is as follows:
When the user inserts MDU with the PPPOA protocol massages, the public MAC Address pond of configuration on OLT.
When the user when MDU sends PPPOA and inserts application, MDU transmits this accesss application to OLT;
OLT authenticates this access application, after authentication is passed through, when MDU need distribute MAC Address to the user, MDU applies for MAC Address by the OMCI agreement of the G984.4 of expansion to OLT, OLT takes out a MAC Address and distributes to MDU by the OMCI agreement of the G984.4 of expansion from address pool, the mutual agreement of above MDU and OLT also can adopt the self-defining agreement of equipment vendors.
After MDU distribution MAC Address, MDU need change data, and concrete is converted to:
On up direction (being up direction from MDU to the upper layer device), MDU changes data, and the PPPOE agreement that does not become to have MAC Address with the PPPOA protocol conversion of MAC Address with the user sends sends to upper layer network equipment.
On down direction (direction from the user to MDU equipment is a down direction), the PPPOE protocol conversion that has MAC Address that upper layer network equipment is sent becomes not with the PPPOA agreement of MAC Address, issues the user.
The normal access network of user.
Embodiment 2: as shown in Figure 2, when the user inserts MDU with the PPPOE protocol massages, the user can do by myself and has MAC Address, but the MAC Address that this user carries may with the clashing of the upper layer device of OLT and OLT, therefore, need be converted to the inner MAC Address of operator oneself on MDU, at this moment, need be the MAC Address of distributing operator oneself to the user on MDU.The MDU application distributes MAC Address and OLT to distribute the flow process and the embodiment 1 of MAC Address similar.Difference is that the user inserts MDU with the PPPOE protocol massages.
Embodiment 3: at IP DSLAM (Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer, Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer) in the network, also exist a large amount of MDU equipment, as far-end IP DSLAM equipment, these MDU equipment need distribute MAC Address to the user, when MDU passes through standard agreement, as ICP/IP protocol, or custom protocol is to server application MAC Address, server centered management and distribute MAC Address.The specific implementation flow process is as follows:
The user carries out the application of MAC Address;
MDU judges this application, is validated user when MDU judges this user, and needs MAC Address, when promptly this user's MAC Address resource itself is not enough; Then
MDU is to centralized DSLAM or server application MAC Address, and DSLAM or server authenticate this application, after authentication is passed through, then
Centralized DSLAM or server-assignment MAC Address, and send to MDU;
MDU is with these MAC converting users data;
The normal access network of user.
Embodiment 4: a kind of MDU equipment has been proposed, and the ONU in the PON system, and IP DSLAM equipment all can be used as MDU equipment.As shown in Figure 4, this MDU equipment comprises: application unit, receiving element, converting unit, retransmission unit.
Retransmission unit is transmitted to this application message the upper layer network equipment of MDU equipment after receiving access application message.Upper layer network equipment authenticates this application message.
After authentication was passed through, application unit was by the MAC application message layer network device application MAC Address that makes progress; Upper layer network equipment sends MAC Address to MDU.
Receiving element receives the MAC Address that upper layer network equipment sends.
After receiving the MAC Address of upper layer network equipment, the converting unit of MDU is changed data, and concrete is converted to:
On up direction (being up direction from MDU to the upper layer device), MDU changes data, and the PPPOE agreement that does not become to have MAC Address with the PPPOA protocol conversion of MAC Address with the user sends sends to upper layer network equipment.
On down direction (direction from the user to MDU equipment is a down direction), the PPPOE protocol conversion that has MAC Address that upper layer network equipment is sent becomes not with the PPPOA agreement of MAC Address, issues the user.
When the user carried MAC Address, the message of the MAC Address that converting unit carries the user converted the message of the MAC Address that has the upper layer network devices allocation to.
Above-mentioned MAC application message is the self-defining agreement of OMCI agreement or manufacturer of the G984.4 of expansion.
Embodiment 5: a kind of access network device has been proposed, and the ONU in the PON system, and the DSLAM equipment in the IP network all can be used as the access network device in the present embodiment.As shown in Figure 5, this access network device is the upper layer network equipment of MDU.This access network device comprises: authentication ' unit, receiving element, transmitting element.
Authentication ' unit receives the access application message of MDU transmission and this access is applied for that message authenticates.
After authentication was passed through, MDU sent MAC Address application message to its upper strata access network device, and the receiving element of access network device receives the message of the application MAC Address of MDU transmission;
Transmitting element takes out MAC Address and distributes to MDU after receiving the message of the MAC Address that MDU sends at receiving element from the MAC Address pond.
Embodiment 6, proposed a kind of network system, and as shown in Figure 6, this network system comprises: the upper layer network equipment of MDU equipment and MDU equipment, the upper layer network equipment of MDU is the access network device of MDU.
MDU equipment comprises: application unit, receiving element, converting unit, retransmission unit.
Retransmission unit is transmitted to this application message the upper layer network equipment of MDU equipment after receiving access application message.Upper layer network equipment authenticates this application message.
After authentication was passed through, application unit applied for that by MAC message is to its upper layer network equipment application MAC Address; Upper layer network equipment sends MAC Address by MAC Address distribution message to MDU.
Receiving element receives the MAC Address that upper layer network equipment sends.
After receiving the MAC Address of upper layer network equipment, the converting unit of MDU is changed data, and concrete is converted to:
On up direction (being up direction from MDU to the upper layer device), MDU changes data, and the PPPOE agreement that does not become to have MAC Address with the PPPOA protocol conversion of MAC Address with the user sends sends to upper layer network equipment.
On down direction (direction from the user to MDU equipment is a down direction), the PPPOE protocol conversion that has MAC Address that upper layer network equipment is sent becomes not with the PPPOA agreement of MAC Address, issues the user.
When the user carried MAC Address, the message of the MAC Address that converting unit carries the user converted the message of the MAC Address that has the upper layer network devices allocation to.
Above-mentioned MAC application message and MAC Address distribution message can be the self-defining agreements of OMCI agreement or manufacturer of the G984.4 of expansion.
This access network device is the upper layer network equipment of MDU.This access network device comprises: authentication ' unit, receiving element, transmitting element.
Authentication ' unit receives the access application message of MDU transmission and this access is applied for that message authenticates.
After authentication was passed through, MDU sent MAC Address application message to its upper strata access network device, and the receiving element of access network device receives the message of the application MAC Address of MDU transmission;
Transmitting element takes out MAC Address and distributes to MDU after receiving the message of the MAC Address that MDU sends at receiving element from the MAC Address pond.
The normal access network of user.
Obviously, those skilled in the art can carry out various changes and modification to the embodiment of the invention and not break away from the spirit and scope of the present invention.Like this, if of the present invention these are revised and modification belongs within the scope of claim of the present invention and equivalent technologies thereof, then the present invention also is intended to comprise these changes and modification interior.

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1. the method that MAC Address is distributed is characterized in that, may further comprise the steps:
Multi-user unit MDU receives and inserts the application message and should insert the application message to its upper layer network device forwards;
Described upper layer network equipment authenticates this access application message, and after authentication was passed through, described MDU sent MAC application message application MAC Address to described upper layer network equipment;
Described upper layer network equipment is that described MDU distributes MAC Address by MAC Address distribution message.
2. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, comprising:
Inserting the application message is the PPPOA protocol massages.
3. method as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, further comprises:
Described MDU changes the up-downgoing data message, does not convert the message that has MAC Address to the message of MAC Address with up, converts the descending message that has MAC Address to be not with MAC Address message.
4. method as claimed in claim 2 is characterized in that, described MDU is ONU, and described upper layer network equipment is OLT.
5. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, comprising:
Inserting the application message is the PPPOE protocol massages.
6. method as claimed in claim 5 is characterized in that, further comprises:
Described MDU converts the message that the user carries MAC Address to have upper layer network devices allocation MAC Address message.
7. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, described MDU is a DSLAM equipment, and described upper layer network equipment is server.
8. method as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that, after described MDU receives user's access application, judges that this user is validated user, and just can be to upper layer device application MAC Address when needing MAC Address.
9. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that, described MAC application message and MAC Address distribution message are the self-defining protocol massages of OMCI protocol massages G.984.4 or manufacturer of expansion.
10. a MDU equipment is characterized in that, comprising:
Application unit is used for sending MAC Address application message application MAC Address to the upper layer network equipment of described MDU equipment;
Receiving element is used to receive the MAC Address that described upper layer network equipment sends.
11. method as claimed in claim 10 is characterized in that, also comprises:
Converting unit, be used for not converting the message that has MAC Address to the message of MAC Address with up, convert the descending message that has MAC Address to be not with MAC Address message, perhaps the message of the MAC Address that the user is carried converts the message of the MAC Address that has the upper layer network devices allocation to.
12. method as claimed in claim 10 is characterized in that, also comprises:
Retransmission unit is used for receiving and inserts the application message and this application message is transmitted to upper layer network equipment.
13. an access network device is characterized in that, comprising:
Receiving element is used to receive the message of the application MAC Address that MDU equipment sends;
Transmitting element is used for behind the message of the application MAC Address that receives described MDU equipment transmission, takes out MAC Address and distribute to described MDU from the MAC Address pond.
14. method as claimed in claim 10 is characterized in that, also comprises: authentication ' unit is used to receive the access application message of MDU transmission and this access is applied for that message authenticates.
15. a network system is characterized in that, comprising: MDU equipment and access network device,
Described MDU equipment comprises:
Be used for sending MAC Address application message application MAC Address to the upper layer network equipment of described MDU;
Receiving element is used to receive the MAC Address that described access network device sends;
Described access network device comprises:
Receiving element is used to receive the message of the application MAC Address that described MDU equipment sends;
Transmitting element is used for behind the message of the MAC Address that receives described MDU transmission, takes out MAC Address and distribute to described MDU from the MAC Address pond.
16. system as claimed in claim 15, it is characterized in that, also comprise: converting unit, be used for not converting the message that has MAC Address to the message of MAC Address with up, convert the descending message that has MAC Address to be not with MAC Address message, perhaps the message of the MAC Address that the user is carried converts the message of the MAC Address that has the upper layer network devices allocation to.
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