JP2010016632A - Path control method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a path control method which can detect an imperfect path without exchanging a periodic signaling message between the nodes. <P>SOLUTION: A path control method includes: an information acquisition step where a management apparatus transmits optical path management information to the first edge node of an optical path; an information transfer step where each node on the optical path transfers the optical path management information from the first edge node toward a second edge node according to the order of nodes on the optical path; and a path setting step where each node on the optical path sets a path based on the optical path management information and transmits the information indicating completion of path setting to the management apparatus, wherein the management apparatus determines whether setting of an optical path has ended normally or not based on the information transmitted from each node. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a path control method for setting an optical path in an optical transmission system.

  Conventionally, when an optical path is set or released in an optical transmission system, a switch is individually set for each relay node of the optical path from a remote management device that manages and operates the optical network. In such a centralized management type path control method, the network scale increases, and when the number of nodes monitored and managed by the management apparatus increases, the processing load and provisioning time of the management apparatus increase, and the scalability to the network scale is improved. There is a problem that it cannot be secured.

  In order to solve the problems of the centralized path control system, it is conceivable to apply an autonomous distributed path control system represented by GMPLS (Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching) technology. In the autonomous distributed path control method, each node advertises and collects network link information using a routing protocol, calculates the optical path based on the information, and sets the path of each node using a signaling protocol (see below). Non-patent document 1).

  Here, in the case where optical path establishment or release signaling fails due to a node failure or the like, an incomplete path in which a switch-set node and a switch-set node are mixed may occur. Therefore, in the RSVP-TE (Resource reSerVation Protocol-Traffic Engineering) signaling protocol described in Non-Patent Document 1 below, in order to manage the setting state of the optical path, each node on the path uses path state information during path establishment signaling. After creating and establishing a path, it is defined that a signaling message is periodically sent to maintain path state information. The path status information includes a path identifier, a path name, a path priority, path information, and switch setting information (information on input and output interfaces assigned to the path).

  Each node on the path of the optical path to which the RSVP-TE signaling protocol described in Non-Patent Document 1 below is applied maintains the path state information by receiving the above-mentioned periodically sent signaling message. If the signaling message is not received within a certain time, it is determined as an error, and the path state information in the own node is deleted, that is, the switch setting is canceled. Such control realizes the removal of an incomplete optical path that occurs when the above-described signaling failure occurs. On the other hand, when this control method is applied, when a node on the path of the optical path is restarted, a signaling message reception timeout occurs in an adjacent node of the restarted node, and the switch setting is released. For this reason, the following Non-Patent Document 2 describes a procedure for restoring path state information lost at the time of restarting by receiving a signaling message from an adjacent node and switch setting information backed up by the own node.

"Generalized Multi-Protocol Label Switching (GMPLS) Signaling Resource Reservation Protocol-Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) Extensions", RFC3473. "Extensions to GMPLS Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) Graceful Restart", RFC5063.

  However, in the above conventional path control method, when the signaling message is not received within a certain time, the path state information is deleted and the switch setting is released, and the path state information is not displayed when the node on the optical path is restarted. There was a problem that the processing logic to be restored was complicated. In addition, in order to use these procedures, there is a problem that it is necessary to optimally design the timer value.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above, and is to obtain a path control method capable of detecting an incomplete path without exchanging periodic signaling messages (path state information) between nodes. Objective. It is another object of the present invention to provide a path control method that removes detected incomplete paths.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the present invention provides a path control method for setting an optical path in an optical transmission system including a plurality of nodes and a management device that manages these nodes, The management device acquires information necessary for setting the optical path from the operator of the optical transmission system, and the first edge node of the edge nodes of the optical path specified by the optical path management information that is the acquired information In response to the information acquisition step of transmitting the optical path management information, each node on the optical path specified by the optical path management information is a second edge node from the first edge node to the second edge node. An information transfer step for transferring the optical path management information to an edge node according to the arrangement order of the nodes on the optical path; and on an optical path specified by the optical path management information. Each node performs path setting based on the optical path management information, and when path setting is completed, a path setting step of transmitting information indicating the fact to the management apparatus, the management apparatus includes: In the path setting step, it is determined whether or not the optical path setting is normally completed based on the information transmitted from each node.

  According to this invention, the management apparatus transmits information necessary for setting an optical path to one edge node, and each node on the optical path to be set transmits information necessary for optical path setting from the first edge node. When the information is transferred to the second edge node and the path setting based on this information is completed, the management apparatus is notified of this, so that information exchange for detecting an incomplete path is performed. There is an effect that it is possible to determine whether or not the optical path has been normally set (whether an incomplete path has occurred) without being performed by the node.

  Embodiments of a path control method according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

Embodiment.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of an optical transmission system that realizes a path control method according to the present invention. This optical transmission system includes a management device 10, nodes 11 to 14, and client devices 21 and 22, and the management device 10 and nodes 11 to 14 are connected to each other via a control plane network. Each node and the client devices 21 and 22 are connected via an optical fiber 31.

  In the optical transmission system configured as described above, the management apparatus 10 manages each node in the system by transmitting and receiving control signals via the control plane network. Each node performs transmission / reception of a signaling message to / from other nodes in accordance with an instruction from the management apparatus 10, and sets or cancels an optical path. Specifically, adjacent nodes (node 11 and node 12, node 12 and node 13, node 13 and node 14) mutually transmit and receive signaling messages, and each of these nodes is included in the received signaling message. Performs its own internal setting (path setting) according to the information. The signaling message is transmitted / received via the control plane network. The client devices 21 and 22 are, for example, IP routers or L2 switches.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the nodes 11 to 14 illustrated in FIG. 1, and each node has the same configuration. The nodes 11 to 14 include a signaling control unit 101 and an optical switch unit 102, and the optical fiber 31 is connected to the optical switch unit 102 via optical input / output interfaces (optical input / output ports) 201 and 202. In FIG. 2, only two optical input / output ports are shown, but in reality, more optical input / output ports are provided.

  In each node configured as described above, the signaling control unit 101 is connected to the control plane network, and performs transmission / reception processing and analysis processing of signaling messages with adjacent nodes, and control of the optical signal transfer operation of the optical switch unit 102. The signaling control unit 101 also communicates with the management device 10.

  The optical switch unit 102 transfers an optical signal input from a certain optical input / output port to a different optical input / output port. In FIG. 2, the optical switch unit 102 transfers an optical signal received from the input / output port 201 to the optical input / output port 202, and transfers an optical signal received from the optical input / output port 202 to the optical input / output port 201. An example is shown.

  Next, a path control procedure in the optical transmission system shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following, first, a control procedure (normal operation) when path setting is normally performed in all the nodes configuring the optical path will be described, and further, path setting is normally performed in some nodes configuring the optical path. A control procedure (abnormal operation) when not performed and a control procedure when releasing the optical path (releasing the path setting) will be described.

  First, in the optical transmission system shown in FIG. 1, a control procedure in a case where each node configuring an optical path is normally set will be described. Here, as an example, a case where an optical path is established between node 11 -node 12 -node 13 -node 14 will be described.

  When establishing an optical path in the optical transmission system shown in FIG. 1, first, an operator (operator) of the optical transmission system inputs information on the optical path to be established from the management device 10. This optical path information is information necessary for path setting, and is the identifier of the path, the node ID of one of the end points of the path (hereinafter referred to as “starting node” for convenience of explanation), and the other of the end points of the path. Node ID of the node (hereinafter referred to as “end point node” for convenience of explanation), wavelength information to be used, optical input / output port identification information connected to the client device at the start point / end point node, the number of hops, light It includes the node ID of the relay node that is the path information of the path. In this example, the start node is node 11 and the end node is node 14.

  The management apparatus 10 that has acquired the optical path information next generates and records the optical path management information having the configuration shown in FIG. 3 based on the acquired optical path information. Note that the configuration shown in FIG. 3 is an example, and the arrangement order may be different as long as each piece of information shown is included. Next, the management apparatus 10 sends an optical path establishment request for instructing execution of signaling of optical path establishment (signaling in the case of establishing an optical path) to the node 11 that is the starting point node of the path via the control plane network. Send with. In the optical path establishment request, the path identification information (path identifier), the node ID of the start node of the path (node ID of the node 11 in this example), the node ID of the end node of the path (node ID of the node 14 in this example) ), The wavelength information to be used, and the node ID list of nodes constituting the path of the path (node ID lists of the nodes 11, 12, 13, and 14 in this example) are set. The node ID list includes information indicating the order of each node on the route (adjacent relationship of each node). For example, the arrangement order of the nodes on the route is matched with the arrangement order of the node IDs in the list.

  In addition, the management apparatus 10 activates a path establishment monitoring timer that is a timer for determining whether or not the optical path establishment signaling is completed.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a signaling message sequence in the case where an optical path is established between the node 11-node 12-node 13-node 14 of the optical transmission system, and path setting is normally performed in all these nodes. The sequence of cases is shown. When the management apparatus 10 executes the above-described processing and transmits an optical path establishment request, the node 11 that is the start node receives the optical path establishment request (step S11).

  In the node 11, the signaling control unit 101 that has received the optical path establishment request starts signaling for setting the optical path specified by the information in the received optical path establishment request. In the signaling process, the signaling control unit 101 first confirms a switch for establishing an optical path and confirms a setting state of the own apparatus. Specifically, it is confirmed whether or not the optical switch unit 102 is in a controllable state, wavelength information in the optical path establishment request and identification information of the optical input / output port are confirmed, and the optical path establishment request is further confirmed. It is confirmed whether or not a path (path specified based on information included in the optical path establishment request) is set (step S12). As a result of the confirmation, when the optical switch unit 102 is in a controllable state and the path is not set, a switch confirmation message is sent to the node 12 that is a downstream node of the optical path (the optical path to be established). And sent via the control plane network. In this switch confirmation message, in addition to the information included in the optical path establishment request, the optical input / output port assigned to the optical transmission to the node 12 (when performing optical transmission to the node 12) Set the identification information of the optical input / output port to be used. Note that the node 11 (the signaling control unit 101 of the node 11) stores information (information included in the optical path establishment request and identification information of the optical input / output port) in the switch confirmation message transmitted to the node 12. Keep it.

  When the node 12 receives the switch confirmation message from the upstream node 11, the node 12 analyzes the content, and obtains optical interface identification information corresponding to the specified wavelength information and the optical input / output port identification information assigned to the upstream node. To derive. Then, it confirms whether or not its own optical switch unit 102 is in a controllable state, and confirms whether or not a path specified by the derived optical interface identification information is set (step S13). As a result of confirmation, if the optical switch unit 102 is in a controllable state and the path is not set, a switch confirmation message is transferred to the node 13 that is the downstream node of the optical path via the control plane network. . This switch confirmation message is obtained by adding the identification information of the optical input / output port assigned to the optical transmission to the node 13 by itself (node 12) to the switch confirmation message received from the node 11. Further, the node 12 stores information in the switch confirmation message transmitted to the node 13.

  When the node 13 receives the switch confirmation message from the upstream node 12, the node 13 executes the same processing as that of the node 12 described above (step S 14), and transfers the switch confirmation message to the node 14. The node 13 transfers the switch confirmation message after adding the identification information of the optical input / output port assigned to the optical transmission to the node 14. Information in the switch confirmation message transmitted to the node 14 is stored.

  When receiving the switch confirmation message from the upstream node 13, the node 14, which is the end node, analyzes the content in the same manner as the nodes 12 and 13 described above, and receives the information on the designated wavelength and the optical input assigned by the upstream node. Optical interface identification information corresponding to the output port identification information is derived. Then, it is confirmed whether or not its own optical switch unit 102 is in a controllable state and whether or not the path specified by the derived optical interface identification information is set (step S15). As a result of confirmation, when the optical switch unit 102 is in a controllable state and the specified path is not set, the optical switch unit 102 is set based on the information included in the received switch confirmation message. The switch setting information indicating the setting contents is recorded in association with the path identifier in the switch confirmation message. Then, a switch setting completion notice for notifying the setting contents is transmitted to the management apparatus 10 (step S16). Further, the node 14 transmits a switch setting message to the node 13 that is the upstream node. This switch setting message includes the path identifier included in the received switch confirmation message, and the identification information of the optical input / output port allocated to optical transmission to the node 13 by itself (node 14).

  The switch setting completion notification transmitted to the management apparatus 10 includes a path identifier, a node ID of a transmission source node (node 14), information on a wavelength to be used, identification information of an optical input / output port that has been set, and switch setting. Contains information on whether or not When the management apparatus 10 receives a switch setting completion notification from each node, the management apparatus 10 updates the optical path management information (see FIG. 3) held by itself based on the information included therein.

  When the node 13 receives the switch setting message from the downstream node 14, the node 13 analyzes the content and obtains the identification information of the optical input / output port that the node 14 assigns for communication with itself. Since all the information for setting the optical switch unit 102 is prepared at this time, the optical input / output port identification information and the information stored when transmitting the switch confirmation message are used. Set the switch. Further, the path identifier and switch setting information included in the received switch setting message are recorded in association with each other. Similarly to the node 14 described above, a switch setting completion notification is transmitted to the management apparatus 10 (step S17), and the switch setting message is transferred to the node 12 which is the upstream node of the path. This switch setting message includes the path identifier included in the switch setting message received from the node 14 and the identification information of the optical input / output port that is assigned to the optical transmission to the node 12 by itself (node 13). .

  Upon receiving the switch setting message from the downstream node 13, the node 12 performs the same processing as the node 13 described above to perform switch setting and switch setting completion notification transmission to the management apparatus 10 (step S18). The switch setting message is transferred to the upstream node 11.

  Upon receiving the switch setting message from the downstream node 12, the node 11 as the start node receives the obtained optical input / output port identification information (the optical input / output port identification information that the node 12 assigns to the optical transmission to itself) ) And the information stored when the switch confirmation message is transmitted, the optical switch unit 102 is controlled, and setting is performed so that optical transmission is performed between the client device 21 and the node 12. In addition, a switch setting completion notification is transmitted to the management apparatus 10 (step S19), and an optical path establishment response for notifying that signaling for establishing an optical path is completed is transmitted to the management apparatus 10 (step S19). S20).

  When the management apparatus 10 receives the optical path establishment response from the node 11, the management apparatus 10 stops the corresponding path establishment monitoring timer. In the sequence of FIG. 4, the switch setting completion notification and the optical path establishment response are transmitted from the node 11 to the management apparatus 10. For example, the information transmitted in the switch setting completion notification is included in the optical path establishment response and transmitted. Thus, these two may be integrated into one.

  The above is a control procedure when path setting is normally performed in all nodes that perform optical path setting. Subsequently, signaling for establishing the optical path fails, and an incomplete optical path is generated. A control procedure in this case will be described. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a signaling message sequence when signaling for establishing an optical path fails. Specifically, FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a sequence in a case where the node 12 has failed after being successfully executed after the processing of steps S11 to S17 of the sequence illustrated in FIG. 4 has been normally performed. Hereinafter, a different part from the sequence shown in FIG. 4 will be described.

  The node 12 executes the process of step S13, and after transmitting a switch confirmation message to the node 13, a failure occurs before receiving the switch setting message transmitted from the node 13 (step S21), and restarts. (Step S22). As a result, the optical path setting is normally performed at the nodes 13 and 14 and the switch setting is completed, and the switch setting is not completed at the nodes 11 and 12.

  In this case, since the optical path establishment response is not transmitted from the node 11 to the management apparatus 10, the path establishment monitoring timer times out, and the management apparatus 10 tries to establish it by referring to the optical path management information managed by itself. For the optical path, it is confirmed whether or not a node with a switch set and a node with no switch set are mixed. In the case shown in FIG. 5, the switch setting completion notification is received from the node 13 and the node 14 and the switch setting completion notification is not received from the node 11 and the node 12. It can be determined that the path is an incomplete path in which not all nodes are mixed.

  Next, a control procedure for releasing an optical path will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a signaling message sequence in a case where an optical path set in the node 11-node 12-node 13-node 14 of the optical transmission system is released. Here, a control procedure for releasing an incomplete optical path set by the occurrence of the sequence shown in FIG. 5 will be described. That is, the control procedure when the optical path is released from the state where the nodes 13 and 14 have completed the switch setting but the nodes 11 and 12 have not completed the switch setting will be described.

  When releasing an optical path set in the optical transmission system illustrated in FIG. 1, first, an operator of the optical transmission system specifies an optical path to be released from the management device 10. Then, the management device 10 that has received the optical path release instruction sets a node located at one of the end points of the designated optical path as a start node, and performs optical path release signaling (optical path) to the start node. (Signaling in the case of releasing the optical network) An optical path release request for instructing execution is transmitted. In FIG. 6, the node 11 is set as the starting point node. In addition, the management apparatus 10 activates a path release monitoring timer that is a timer for determining whether or not the path release is normally performed (whether the optical path release signaling is completed). The optical path release request includes at least identification information (path identifier) of the optical path to be released so that the start node can identify the optical path to be released.

  When the management apparatus 10 executes the above-described processing and transmits an optical path release request, the optical path release request is received by the node 11 that is the start node (step S31). In the node 11, the signaling control unit 101 that has received the optical path release request starts signaling for releasing the optical path specified by the information in the received optical path establishment request. When the signaling is started, the signaling control unit 101 first confirms the switch for releasing the optical path and confirms the setting status of the own apparatus. Specifically, it is confirmed whether or not the optical switch unit 102 is in a controllable state (step S32). As a result of the confirmation, if the optical switch unit 102 is in a controllable state, a switch release confirmation message is sent to the node 12 which is the downstream node of the optical path (the optical path to be released). This switch release confirmation message includes an identifier of the path (path to be released) acquired from the optical path release request, information on the wavelength being used (wavelength number), and path route information.

  Upon receiving the switch release confirmation message from the upstream node 11, the node 12 confirms whether or not its own optical switch unit 102 is controllable (step S33), and the optical switch unit 102 is in a controllable state. The switch release confirmation message is transferred to the node 13 which is the downstream node of the optical path.

  When the node 13 receives the switch release confirmation message from the upstream node 12, the node 13 executes the same processing as that of the node 12 described above (step S 34), and transfers the switch release confirmation message to the node 14.

  When receiving the switch release confirmation message from the upstream node 13, the node 14, which is the end node, confirms whether or not its own optical switch unit 102 is in a controllable state, similarly to the above-described nodes 12 and 13 (steps). S35). As a result of the confirmation, if the optical switch unit 102 is in a controllable state, whether or not the switch setting information corresponding to the path identifier in the received switch release confirmation message is held from the managed switch setting information Confirm. When the corresponding switch setting information is held, the optical switch unit 102 is controlled to cancel the corresponding switch setting. Also, this switch setting information is deleted. Then, in order to notify the released switch setting, a switch setting release notice is transmitted to the management apparatus 10 (step S36). In addition, the switch release message is transmitted to the node 13 which is the upstream node of the path. This switch release message includes each information included in the received switch release confirmation message.

  The switch setting release notification transmitted to the management apparatus 10 includes the path identifier, the node ID of the transmission source node (node 14), information on the wavelength used, and information on whether the switch setting has been successfully released. including. When the management apparatus 10 receives a switch setting cancellation notification from each node, the management apparatus 10 updates the optical path management information (see FIG. 3) held by itself based on the information included therein.

  When the node 13 receives the switch release message from the downstream node 14, the node 13 checks whether or not the switch setting information corresponding to the identifier of the path included therein is held. When the corresponding switch setting information is held, the optical switch unit 102 is controlled to cancel the corresponding switch setting. Also, this switch setting information is deleted. Then, similarly to the node 14 described above, a switch setting release notification is transmitted to the management apparatus 10 (step S37), and further, a switch release message is transferred to the node 12 which is the upstream node of the path.

  When receiving the switch release message from the downstream node 13, the node 12 first determines whether or not the switch setting information corresponding to the identifier of the path included in the received switch release message is retained, as with the node 13 described above. Check. In this example, the node 12 does not hold the corresponding switch setting information because the switch setting has not been completed. Therefore, the node 12 sends a switch setting release notification to the management apparatus 10 without changing the switch setting (without releasing the switch setting) (step S38), and further sends a switch release message at the upstream node of the path. Transfer to a certain node 11.

  When receiving the switch release message from the downstream node 12, the node 11 that is the starting point node first displays the switch setting information corresponding to the identifier of the path included in the received switch release message, similarly to the nodes 12 and 13 described above. Check whether it is retained. Like the node 12, the node 11 does not hold the corresponding switch setting information because the switch setting has not been completed. Therefore, the node 11 transmits a switch setting release notification to the management device 10 without changing the switch setting (without releasing the switch setting) (step S39). Furthermore, an optical path release response for notifying that signaling for releasing the optical path is completed is transmitted to the management apparatus 10 (step S40). When receiving the optical path release response, the management apparatus 10 stops the corresponding path release monitoring timer. The switch setting release notification and the optical path release response may be combined into one.

  In the above description, the control procedure for releasing the optical path when receiving an instruction (information) from the operator of the optical transmission system has been described. However, if the path setting fails (with the switch set node and The optical path may be released without waiting for the operator's instruction (when there are nodes with no switch set). That is, when the management apparatus 10 determines that the path setting has failed based on the switch setting completion notification from each node, the management apparatus 10 transmits the above-described optical path release request to the node 11 that is the start node, and each node in FIG. The signaling sequence shown in FIG.

  Alternatively, after determining that the path setting has failed and releasing the optical path, the sequence for setting the optical path may be executed again.

  As described above, in the path control according to the present embodiment, the management apparatus transmits information necessary for setting the optical path to one of the end nodes (edge nodes) of the optical path, and each node configuring the optical path First, from the edge node (start node) that receives the information necessary for setting the optical path from the management device to the other edge node (end node), the information necessary for the adjacent node to set the optical switch (optical input) The received information (information necessary for setting the optical path) is transferred after adding the output port identification information), and then the path is started in order from the last node that received the information necessary for setting the optical path. A setting process and a process in which the adjacent node transmits information necessary for setting the optical switch to the adjacent node are performed, and a notification to that effect is sent to the management apparatus after the path setting is completed. Thereby, in the optical transmission system to which the path control method according to the present embodiment is applied, each node configuring the optical path can set the optical path without exchanging information for detecting an incomplete path. It can be determined whether or not has been successfully performed. Further, it is possible to reduce the amount of traffic necessary for transmission of a control signal for detecting an incomplete path. Further, the management apparatus does not need to individually transmit information necessary for setting the optical path to each node, and the processing load is reduced.

  In addition, when canceling the optical path setting, each node continues the signaling sequence without treating it as an error even if the optical path specified by the management device is not set. Incomplete paths can be deleted.

  As described above, the path control method according to the present invention is useful for path setting in an optical transmission system, and in particular, path setting / cancellation by preventing a management apparatus that manages each node from being in a high load state. Suitable for those who want to

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Management apparatus 11-14 Node 21, 22 Client apparatus 31 Optical fiber 101 Signaling control part 102 Optical switch part

Claims (4)

A path control method for setting an optical path in an optical transmission system provided with a plurality of nodes and a management device for managing them,
The management apparatus acquires information necessary for setting an optical path from an operator of the optical transmission system, and the first edge of the edge nodes of the optical path specified by the optical path management information that is the acquired information An information acquisition step of transmitting the optical path management information to the node;
Each node on the optical path specified by the optical path management information sends the optical path management information on the optical path from the first edge node to the second edge node which is the other edge node. An information transfer step of transferring according to the order of arrangement of each of the nodes;
Each node on the optical path specified by the optical path management information performs path setting based on the optical path management information, and when path setting is completed, a path for transmitting information indicating that to the management apparatus Configuration steps;
Including
The path management method, wherein the management device determines whether or not the optical path setting has been normally completed based on information transmitted from each node in the path setting step. In the information transfer step,
Each node that transfers the optical path management information, when transferring the optical path management information, transfers including the identification information of the optical input / output port assigned to the optical transmission to the transfer destination node,
In the path setting step,
The second edge node performs path setting based on the received optical path management information, and further assigns the light allocated to the optical transmission to the transmission source node to the transmission source node of the optical path management information. A first path setting process for transmitting input / output port identification information;
Each node other than the first edge node and the second edge node, from the transfer destination node of the optical path management information, the identification information of the optical input / output port that the transfer destination node assigns to the optical transmission to itself Is acquired based on the optical path management information and the identification information of the optical input / output port, and optical transmission to the adjacent node is performed for an adjacent node different from the transfer destination node. A second path setting process for transmitting the identification information of the optical input / output port assigned to
When the first edge node acquires from the transfer destination node of the optical path management information the identification information of the optical input / output port that the transfer destination node assigns to the optical transmission to itself, the optical path management A third path setting process for setting a path based on the information and the identification information of the optical input / output port;
The path control method according to claim 1, wherein: As a process for releasing the set optical path,
The management apparatus acquires the optical path identification information to be released from the operator of the optical transmission system, and sets the optical path among the edge nodes of the optical path corresponding to the release path identification information that is the acquired identification information A release path identification information acquisition step for transmitting the release path identification information to the edge node as a transmission destination of the optical path management information when
Each node on the optical path corresponding to the release path identification information from the edge node receiving the release path identification information transmitted in the release path identification information acquisition step toward the other edge node, the release path identification information. A release path identification information transfer step for transferring the information according to the order of the nodes on the optical path;
A path setting cancellation step in which each node on the optical path corresponding to the release path identification information cancels the setting of the optical path corresponding to the release path identification information;
Including
In the path setting cancellation step,
3. The path control according to claim 1, wherein each node continues processing without determining that it is an abnormal sequence even when there is no optical path corresponding to the release path identification information. Method. further,
If the management apparatus determines that the optical path setting has not been completed normally, an identification for transmitting the optical path identification information included in the optical path management information to the first edge node An information transmission step;
Each node on the optical path specified by the optical path management information sends the identification information transmitted from the management device from the first edge node to the second edge node on the optical path. An identification information transfer step of transferring according to the arrangement order of each node;
A path setting cancellation step in which each node on the optical path specified by the optical path management information cancels the setting of the optical path corresponding to the identification information;
Including
In the path setting cancellation step,
3. The path control method according to claim 1, wherein each node continues processing without determining that it is an abnormal sequence even when there is no optical path corresponding to the identification information. 4.

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