Summary of the invention
To the defective that exists in the prior art; The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of protection system, fibre circuit switching device of EPON; Select incoming fiber optic circuit with being employed in near-end light-dividing device output increase fibre circuit switching device via different routes; Connect two optical communications ports of apparatus for remote communication, the defencive function of optical network line is provided with this.
The guard method of a kind of EPON that the embodiment of the invention provides comprises:
The fibre circuit switching device obtains the fibre circuit handoff request, and said handoff request comprises: fibre circuit switching device port information or the forked working optical fiber link information that is connected with the apparatus for remote communication input;
According to said fibre circuit switching device port information or with apparatus for remote communication working optical fibre link information, connect candidate branch optical fiber link with apparatus for remote communication; Said fibre circuit switching device is connected through two optical fiber links with the apparatus for remote communication that at least one possesses the dual input port;
Notice OLT equipment, this optical fiber link handover success, the ONU/ONT devices communicating that the recovery of OLT equipment is connected with this optical fiber link.
The guard method of a kind of EPON that the embodiment of the invention provides comprises:
The fibre circuit switching device is monitored the optical transmission signal from this apparatus for remote communication through being connected to the forked working optical fiber link of apparatus for remote communication;
Judge according to said monitoring result whether the forked working optical fiber link breaks down,, then connect the candidate branch optical fiber link if break down; Said fibre circuit switching device is connected through two optical fiber links with the apparatus for remote communication that at least one possesses the dual input port;
Notice OLT equipment, this optical fiber link handover success, the ONU/ONT devices communicating that the recovery of OLT equipment is connected with this optical fiber link.
A kind of fibre circuit switching device that the embodiment of the invention provides comprises:
Information receiving unit is used to receive the relevant handoff request of optical communication system;
Switch control unit is used for obtaining to connect subsequent use optical fiber link according to said information after the handoff request in the information transmit-receive unit, and the connection of notice OLT apparatus optical fiber link, and recovery is communicated by letter with original ONT/ONU equipment.
Switch unit is used to connect several outputs of near-end light-dividing device, and passes through two different fibers links of switch connection of 1X2, and this optical fiber link is connected with the apparatus for remote communication that possesses the dual input port.
A kind of fibre circuit switching device that the embodiment of the invention provides comprises:
Information receiving unit is used to receive the relevant handoff request of optical communication system;
Switch control unit is used for obtaining to connect subsequent use optical fiber link according to said information after the handoff request in the information transmit-receive unit, and the connection of notice OLT apparatus optical fiber link, and recovery is communicated by letter with original ONT/ONU equipment.
Switch unit, by one 1: the switch of the light-dividing device of N or 2: a N and N 1X2 constitutes; Input connects OLT equipment, output and N the corresponding connection of apparatus for remote communication that possesses dual-port.
A kind of fibre circuit switching device that the embodiment of the invention provides comprises:
Optical detecting unit is used to be connected to the forked working optical fiber link that is connected with apparatus for remote communication, the light signal from this apparatus for remote communication is monitored, and feed back the result of said monitoring to switch control unit;
Information receiving unit is used for receiving and the transmission relevant information is given the far-end optical communication system;
Switch control unit judges according to said monitoring result whether the forked working optical fiber link breaks down, if break down, then connects the candidate branch optical fiber link, and the connection of notice OLT apparatus optical fiber link, and recovery is communicated by letter with original ONT/ONU equipment.
Switch unit is used to connect several outputs of near-end light-dividing device, and passes through two different fibers links of switch connection of 1X2, and this optical fiber link is connected with the apparatus for remote communication that possesses the dual input port.
The embodiment of the invention adopts two optical communications ports that the fibre circuit switching device connected apparatus for remote communication through the different fibers link; When some forked working optical fiber links that is connected with apparatus for remote communication break down, through connecting subsequent use branch optical fiber link, ensure the timely recovery of communication by the fibre circuit switching device; Simultaneously with respect to prior art; Adopt between two optical communications ports with apparatus for remote communication optical fiber link connection through different routes; And select one of them to communicate according to demand, and improved the ability of ODN network line protection greatly, help the promotion and application of FTTH/B.
Embodiment
Understand and embodiment of the present invention for the ease of those of ordinary skills, the present invention is made further detailed description below in conjunction with accompanying drawing and embodiment.
Below will combine the accompanying drawing in the embodiment of the invention, the technical scheme in the embodiment of the invention is carried out complete, clearly description, obviously, described embodiment only is the present invention's part embodiment, rather than whole embodiment.Based on the embodiment among the present invention, those of ordinary skills are not making the every other embodiment that is obtained under the creative work prerequisite, all belong to the scope of the present invention's protection.
The protection system of the open EPON of the present invention, the embodiment of the invention also provides corresponding fibre circuit switching device.Below be elaborated respectively.
The guard method of embodiment one, a kind of EPON, system flow chart is as shown in Figure 2, comprising:
A1, the fibre circuit switching device obtains the fibre circuit handoff request, and said handoff request can comprise: fibre circuit switching device port information or the forked working optical fiber link information that is connected with the apparatus for remote communication input;
In the present embodiment; When the forked working optical fiber link that is connected with certain apparatus for remote communication when OLT device learns fibre circuit switching device breaks down; Thereby cause all ONU/ONT equipment below this optical fiber link can't proper communication the time, OLT equipment sends the fibre circuit handoff request to the fibre circuit switching device.Be appreciated that said handoff request can also be that the ONU/ONT of this OLT equipment subordinate's appearance communication failure sends to the fibre circuit switching device; Can have multiplely to triggering the fibre circuit switching way, specifically not be construed as limiting the invention by which device fires.
For the handoff request that receives; ONU/ONT equipment utilization L2CP or OMC1 message or the Ethernet OAM message informing fibre circuit switching device that can be OLT equipment or IP fringe node or OLT equipment subordinate's appearance communication failure have ONU/ONT equipment to alarm or a certain road optical branch fault, and directly notice fibre circuit switching device starts the fibre circuit switching.
This forked working optical-fiber line fault of OLT device learns or ONU/ONT know that the process of forked working optical-fiber line fault comprises:
OLT equipment can't be received all ONU/ONT optical transmission signals that equipment sends of this forked working fibre circuit subordinate; Or the optical transmission signal that all ONU/ONT equipment of this branch optical fiber circuit subordinate of being received of OLT equipment send is unusual, judges this branch optical fiber line fault.
In the embodiment of the invention, said apparatus for remote communication can be 2: the optical branching device of M (M >=0, M is an integer) can be the equipment of extender or similar functions also, or possess the ONU/ONT equipment of dual communication port.
A2, fibre circuit switching device connect the subsequent use optical fiber link with apparatus for remote communication according to said fibre circuit switching device port information or the forked working optical fiber link information that is connected with the apparatus for remote communication input; Said fibre circuit switching device is connected through two optical fiber links with the apparatus for remote communication that at least one possesses the dual input port;
In the embodiment of the invention; Said according to fibre circuit switching device port information or the forked working optical fiber link information that is connected with the apparatus for remote communication input; The communication interface of unlatching and apparatus for remote communication is to connect the subsequent use optical fiber link that is connected with this apparatus for remote communication.The optical fiber link of opening and closing and apparatus for remote communication can adopt multiple mode to realize, as: optical switch, mechanical switch or electronic switch etc., concrete switch form is not construed as limiting the invention.
A3, notice OLT equipment, this optical fiber link handover success, the ONU/ONT devices communicating that the recovery of OLT equipment is connected with this optical fiber link.
In the embodiment of the invention; Behind the subsequent use optical fiber link of said fibre circuit switching device connection and apparatus for remote communication; System also has lock function; Be used for after device powers down, still can keeping the work on hand state, and after equipment self breaks down, still can return to work on hand state before the fault, ensure the normal operation of communication.
The embodiment of the invention adopts two optical communications ports that the fibre circuit switching device connected apparatus for remote communication through the different fibers link; When some forked working optical fiber links that is connected with apparatus for remote communication break down, through connecting subsequent use branch optical fiber link, ensure the timely recovery of communication by the fibre circuit switching device; Simultaneously with respect to prior art; Adopt between two optical communications ports with apparatus for remote communication optical fiber link connection through different routes; And select one of them to communicate according to demand, and improved the ability of ODN network line protection greatly, help the promotion and application of FTTH/B.
As shown in Figure 3, be one of the system configuration sketch map used of the embodiment of the invention one for example, certain OLT equipment is connected with the near-end optical splitter; This near-end optical splitter can be one 1: the light-dividing device of N (N >=0, N is an integer) also can be one 2: the light-dividing device of N; The output of this near-end light-dividing device passes through fibre circuit switching device and N individual 2: the distal portion light device of M (M >=0, M is an integer) is connected respectively, and this distal portion light device is connected with M ONU/ONT equipment respectively;
Wherein the near-end light-dividing device can be 1: the optical splitter of N also can be 2: the optical splitter of N, or the device of similar this function; For 2: the optical splitter of N, this optical splitter constitutes with various modes can be arranged being connected of OLT equipment, like the module that OLT equipment place is provided with similar optical switch, selects one and selects a certain optical fiber link; Perhaps the PON optical port redundancy backup of OLT equipment through 1: 1 is connected with two optical fiber links; Can have multiplely to OLT equipment to the connected mode between the one-level optical splitter, specifically form and be not construed as limiting the invention by which kind of connected mode.
As shown in Figure 4, be in the embodiment of the invention, the structural representation of fibre circuit switching device comprises: information transmit-receive unit, switch control unit, switch unit.
Said information transmit-receive unit is used to receive the relevant handoff request of optical communication system;
Wherein, said information transmit-receive unit can be to be received and sent messages by the 2G/3G/WIFI wireless system, also can receive and send messages through optical transceiver or embedded ONU, perhaps receives and sends messages through modes such as network interface cards.The embodiment of the invention is stressed is only to need to break down and cause this forked working optical fiber link subordinate's ONU/ONT equipment can't proper communication the time when OLT detects a certain forked working optical fiber link, and the fibre circuit switching device can be known this fault message or the handoff request that is caused by this fault message.
Provided the organigram of communicating by letter between several kinds of local side information transmission systems and the fibre circuit switching device information transmit-receive unit among Fig. 5; The wireless system that wherein adopts among Fig. 5 (a) is received and sent messages, and this wireless receiving processing unit can be radio receivers such as 2G/3G/WIFI; The optical transceiver module that adopts among Fig. 5 (b) is received and sent messages, and this optical transceiver module can be the single fiber bi-directional mode, also can be to adopt two fine one way systems; The embedded ONU that adopts among Fig. 5 (c) receives and sends messages; In this system; From terminal OLT device directly in the fibre circuit switching device embedded ONU module send information, optical branching device among the figure (Tap) is used for dividing expenditure sub-fraction light to give the ONU module from light path, is used to receive and send messages.Mode to the configuration information Transmit-Receive Unit is more, and specifically receiving and sending messages in which way is not construed as limiting the invention.
The embodiment of the invention is stressed is only to need to break down and cause all ONU/ONT equipment of this forked working optical fiber link subordinate can't proper communication the time when OLT detects a certain forked working optical fiber link, and the fibre circuit switching device can be known this fault message or the handoff request that is caused by this fault message.
Said switch control unit is used for obtaining to connect subsequent use optical fiber link according to said information after the handoff request in the information transmit-receive unit, and the connection of notice OLT apparatus optical fiber link, and recovery is communicated by letter with original ONT/ONU equipment.
In this example; The controlled function of said switch unit is independent switch control unit; Being appreciated that also can be by the information transmit-receive unit controls for the control of switch unit; What the embodiment of the invention was stressed is that the inner existence of the fine circuit switching device of a light requirement can realize that in due course the switching of optical fiber link gets final product according to relevant handoff request.Its control appliance can be provided with separately or be integrated on the equipment such as photodetector, signal dispatcher module.
Said switch unit is used to connect several outputs of near-end light-dividing device, and passes through the switch selection connection of 1X2 and two optical fiber links that optical communications port is connected of apparatus for remote communication; Structural representation is as shown in Figure 6.
Generally; The fibre circuit switching device connects a certain optical communications port of apparatus for remote communication; When obtaining associated fiber circuit handoff request, the fibre circuit switching device is closed and being connected of original optical communications port, and opens the subsequent use optical fiber link that is connected with this apparatus for remote communication; The recovery of OLT equipment is communicated by letter with ONT/ONU equipment, in time ensures the recovery of communication.
In the practical application; Also can near-end light-dividing device and fibre circuit switching device be combined a kind of fibre circuit switching device that possesses the beam split function of formation; Relevant switch unit organigram is as shown in Figure 7; The switch unit of this fibre circuit switching device is by one 1: the switch of the light-dividing device of N or 2: a N and N 1X2 constitutes, and this fibre circuit switching device input connects OLT equipment, output and N the corresponding connection of apparatus for remote communication that possesses dual-port; Correlation function no longer repeats at this as previously mentioned.
Below be the embodiment of the invention one application layer two control protocols (Layer 2Control Protocol; L2CP) or optical network unit management and control interface agreement (ONU Management and Control Interface; OMCI) or Simple Network Management Protocol (Simple Network Management) message or Ethernet maintenance management agreement (Operation Administration and Maintenance; OAM) process the switched description of giving an example of being correlated with, flow chart such as Fig. 8 and shown in Figure 9.
Fig. 8 be a kind of through management system or IP fringe node (as wideband network gateway (Broadband Network Gateway, BNG) or BAS Broadband Access Server (Broadband Remote Access Server, BRAS)) trigger the flow process of relevant handoff request.
A (1-1) is when m road forked working optical fiber link fault occurring; OLT Equipment Inspection this moment is to dropout (the Lost ofsignal of all ONU/ONT equipment that belong to this forked working optical fiber link subordinate; LOS)/LOF (Lost OfFrame, LOF) alarm;
A (1-2) OLT equipment can directly be given BNG/BRAS with L2CP/ Ethernet OAM message with this LOS/LOF alarm report, shows m road forked working optical fiber link fault;
A (1-3) BNG/BRAS is owing to receive the LOS/LOF alarm report of L2CP/ Ethernet OAM message, thereby judges m road forked working optical fiber link fault;
A (1-4) BNG/BRAS utilizes L2CP/ Ethernet OAM message informing fibre circuit switching device that m road branch optical fiber link failure is arranged, and can also directly notify the fibre circuit switching device to start the active and standby optical fiber link of m road branch optical fiber link is switched;
The switch of A (1-5) fibre circuit switching device port switching m is connected to the candidate branch optical fiber link;
A (1-6) OLT equipment recovers and the communicating by letter of this branch optical fiber link subordinate's ONU/ONT equipment.
Fig. 9 is the flow process of the relevant handoff request of OLT device fires.
A (2-1) is when m road forked working optical fiber link fault occurring; OLT Equipment Inspection this moment is to dropout (the Lost ofsignal of all ONU/ONT equipment that belong to this forked working optical fiber link subordinate; LOS)/LOF (Lost OfFrame, LOF) alarm;
A (2-2) OLT equipment is alarmed owing to detecting all ONU/ONT equipment LOS/LOF that belong to this forked working optical fiber link subordinate, thereby judges m road forked working optical fiber link fault;
A (2-3) OLT equipment utilization L2CP/ Ethernet OAM message/optical network unit management and control interface (ONU Managementand Control Interface; OMCI) notice of settlement fibre circuit switching device has m road branch optical fiber link failure, can also directly notify the fibre circuit switching device to start the active and standby optical fiber link of m road branch optical fiber link is switched;
The switch of A (2-4) fibre circuit switching device port switching m is connected to the candidate branch optical fiber link;
A (2-5) OLT equipment recovers and the communicating by letter of this branch optical fiber link subordinate's ONU/ONT equipment.
The guard method of embodiment two, a kind of EPON, system flow chart is shown in figure 10, comprising:
B1, the fibre circuit switching device is monitored the optical transmission signal from this apparatus for remote communication through being connected to the forked working optical fiber link of apparatus for remote communication;
In the embodiment of the invention, the forked working optical fiber link that said fibre circuit switching device is connected with said apparatus for remote communication connects through photodetector; Said photodetector is monitored the optical transmission signal from this apparatus for remote communication through being connected to the forked working optical fiber link that is connected with apparatus for remote communication.
B2 judges according to said monitoring result whether the forked working optical fiber link breaks down, if break down, then connects the candidate branch optical fiber link; Said fibre circuit switching device is connected through two optical fiber links with the apparatus for remote communication that at least one possesses the dual input port;
B3, notice OLT equipment, this optical fiber link handover success, the ONU/ONT devices communicating that the recovery of OLT equipment is connected with this optical fiber link.
The embodiment of the invention two is with the difference of embodiment one; Increased monitoring device in the fibre circuit switching device to the forked working optical fiber link; Through to monitoring from the optical transmission signal of the forked working optical fiber link that is connected with the far-end optical communication equipment; Then can obtain state, and start the switching of candidate branch optical fiber link in view of the above the forked working optical fiber link.
In this example, can realize this function through increasing photodetector at the optical switch place, shown in figure 11 is photodetector and the sketch map that is connected of optical switch.Comprise: photodetector and splitter (Tap).
Wherein, photodetector is equivalent to have or not in the detection fiber device of optical transmission signal, can be luminous power device, optical signal receiver; Concrete function is: to the optical transmission signal monitoring from the forked working optical fiber link that is connected with the far-end optical communication equipment; If within a certain period of time, on port, do not monitor any optical transmission signal, perhaps optical transmission signal is unusual; Then directly or through LC trigger the switching of optical switch circuit, connect corresponding candidate branch optical fiber link through photodetector.
In this example; Photodetector can be the luminous power device, also can be optical signal receiver, the light detecting device that perhaps has similar functions; Corresponding photodetector and optical branching device connected mode also can be different; The embodiment of the invention is stressed is that a light requirement detection means is a kind ofly can monitor the optical transmission signal that has or not in the forked working optical fiber link from apparatus for remote communication, or the unusual device of optical transmission signal get final product, specifically be which kind of device not conduct to the restriction of present embodiment.
In this example; That trigger the switching of optical switch circuit is photodetector or LC; The embodiment of the invention is stressed is that the inner existence of the fine circuit switching device of a light requirement can be according to the obtaining the transmission state of forked working optical fiber link that is obtained; Realizing in due course that the optical switch circuit switches gets final product, and its control appliance can be provided with separately or be integrated on the equipment such as photodetector.
Embodiment three, a kind of fibre circuit switching device, structural representation is as shown in Figure 4, comprising: information transmit-receive unit, switch control unit, switch unit.
Said information transmit-receive unit is used to receive the relevant handoff request of optical communication system;
Said switch control unit is used for obtaining to connect subsequent use optical fiber link according to said information after the handoff request in the information transmit-receive unit, and the connection of notice OLT apparatus optical fiber link, and recovery is communicated by letter with original ONT/ONU equipment.
Said switch unit is used to connect several outputs of near-end light-dividing device, and passes through the switch selection connection of 1X2 and two optical fiber links that optical communications port is connected of apparatus for remote communication.
Switch control unit also has lock function described in the embodiment of the invention three; Be used for after device powers down, still can keeping the work on hand state; And after equipment self breaks down, still can return to work on hand state before the fault, ensure the normal operation of communication.
Embodiment four, a kind of fibre circuit switching device are with the difference of fibre circuit switching device among the embodiment three:
The switch unit of said this fibre circuit switching device is by one 1: the switch of the light-dividing device of N or 2: a N and N 1X2 constitutes, and this fibre circuit switching device input connects OLT equipment, output and N the corresponding connection of apparatus for remote communication that possesses dual-port;
Be appreciated that; Fibre circuit switching device in the present embodiment can also for; The system that switch unit group that employing is made up of a plurality of switch units that possess the beam split function and information transmit-receive unit, switch control unit are formed jointly, the system configuration sketch map is shown in figure 12.Wherein, a plurality of switch unit groups of the common composition of switch unit that possess the beam split function, the whole operating state of this system is responsible for controlling in switch control unit and information transmit-receive unit.
Present embodiment is compared with embodiment three, and the fibre circuit switching device possesses the beam split function, is convenient to real project using more, helps of the present invention applying.
Embodiment five, a kind of fibre circuit switching device, and structural representation is shown in figure 13, comprising: optical detecting unit, information transmit-receive unit, switch control unit, switch unit.The difference of the fibre circuit switching device among present embodiment and embodiment three, the embodiment four is:
Said optical detecting unit is used to be connected to the forked working optical fiber link that is connected with apparatus for remote communication, the light signal from this apparatus for remote communication is monitored, and feed back the result of said monitoring to switch control unit;
Said information transmit-receive unit is used for receiving and the transmission relevant information is given the far-end optical communication system;
Said switch control unit judges according to said monitoring result whether the forked working optical fiber link breaks down, if break down, then connects the candidate branch optical fiber link, and the connection of notice OLT apparatus optical fiber link, and recovery is communicated by letter with original ONT/ONU equipment.
The switch unit function is identical among said switch unit function and embodiment three, the embodiment four, no longer repeats at this.
Said information transmit-receive unit in the previous embodiment of the present invention receives the equipment of external information for the fibre circuit switching device; Also can introduce independent information transmission system and OLT equipment or IP fringe node communicates and gets in touch; The fibre circuit switching device is connected with this information transmission system through network interface or other physical interfaces, obtains associated fiber circuit handover information.Should not be regarded as limitation of the present invention to this.
Said switch control unit in the previous embodiment of the present invention is the equipment that fibre circuit switching device inside makes a decision and controls; Can be integrated on the entity hardware of existence, as be integrated in the equipment such as light detecting device, radio receiving transmitting module, optical transceiver module, optical switch.
Embodiment six, a kind of fibre circuit switching device, the difference of the fibre circuit switching device in present embodiment and the previous embodiment is:
Said switch control unit also has the fiber port information display function; Be used for when the needs workmen carries out the fibre circuit operation; Demonstration needs the fiber port information of operation on the liquid crystal display screen/LED screen of fibre circuit switching device, and is opening the demonstration of LED lamp at fiber port; Unnecessary fault appears when avoiding the human operational error.
Figure 14, a kind of fibre circuit switching device structural representation for having this type of function shown in Figure 15 wherein are medium-sized fibre circuit switching device among Figure 14, and Figure 15 is for possessing the fibre circuit switching device of 2: 4 shunt functions; Among the figure in the fibre circuit switching device LED lamp be used for display device fiber port state; LED screen/liquid crystal display screen is used for when the needs workmen carries out the fibre circuit operation in to equipment place fiber cable cross connection box; Demonstration needs the fiber port place fibre circuit switching device positional information of operation on the liquid crystal display screen/LED screen of fibre circuit switching device; Or positional information in the fiber cable cross connection box of fiber port place, and show at associated fiber port open LED lamp.Adopt this mode, can effectively avoid when the needs workmen operates fiber port, can't discerning correct fiber port position, thus the communication failure of avoiding artificial operate miss to cause.
More than guard method, fibre circuit switching device and the system of a kind of EPON that the embodiment of the invention provided carried out detailed introduction; Used concrete example of part among this paper principle of the present invention and implementation method are set forth, the explanation of above embodiment just is used for helping to understand method of the present invention and core concept; As far as one of ordinary skill in the art, according to thought of the present invention, on embodiment and range of application, all have certain change simultaneously, in sum, this description should not be construed as limitation of the present invention.