METHOD FOR MEASURING FIBER LENGTH, OPTICAL LINE TERMINAL AND OPTICAL NETWORK SYSTEM

• US 20090010642A1
• Filed: 09/19/2008
• Published: 01/08/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Yang, Sulin, Wang, Feng, Gao, Hai, Sui, Meng
• Application Number:
  US12/234,308
• Publication Number:
  US 20090010642A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 398/9
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/0793 Network aspects, e.g. central monitoring of transmission parameters

Abstract

A method for measuring fiber length, an optical line terminal and an optical network system. The method for measuring fiber length according to the embodiment of the present invention includes the following steps: Sending the first message to an optical network device at the subscriber side; —Receiving the second message, which is a response returned by the optical network device at the subscriber side to the first message; —Determining the duration between sending the first message and receiving the second message; Calculating the length of the fiber to the optical network device at the subscriber side according to the above-mentioned duration and the information related to the processing delay of the optical network device at the subscriber side, wherein the information related to the processing delay of the optical network device at the subscriber side includes the actual response time of the optical network device at the subscriber side.

Claims

1. A method for measuring a fiber length between a first optical network device and a second optical network device, comprising:

sending a first message from the first optical network device to the second optical network device;

receiving a response message from the second optical network device;

determining a time duration between sending the first message and receiving the response message;

obtaining an actual response time of the second optical network device and a waiting time assigned to the second optical network device; and

determining the fiber length based on the time duration, the waiting time, and the actual response time.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein obtaining the actual response time of the second optical network device includes querying a mapping table stored in the first optical network device.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein a mapping of the mapping table is between the actual response time of the second optical network device and an identifier of the second optical network device.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein a mapping of the mapping table is between the actual response time and a brand and model of the second optical network.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein obtaining the actual response time comprises:

receiving a second message carrying the actual response time from the second optical network device; and

obtaining the actual response time using the second message.

6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising storing the second message in the first optical network device after receiving the second message.

7. The method according to claim 5, further comprising sending a third message to the second optical network device for requesting the actual response time before receiving the second message carrying the actual response time.

8. The method according to claim 5, wherein the second message is at least one of a physical layer operation administration and maintenance message, an optical network unit management and control interface message, or data.

9. The method according to claim 5, wherein the first message includes a pre-equalization delay and a sending start time assigned to the second optical network device by the first optical network device, the waiting time is a sum of the pre-equalization delay and the sending start time.

10. An optical line terminal, comprising:

a sending unit that is adapted to send a first message to an optical network device;

a receive unit that is adapted to receive a response message from the optical network device;

a time counting unit that is adapted to determine a duration between sending the first message and receiving the response message;

a response time acquisition unit that is adapted to obtain a actual response time of the optical network device; and

a computation unit that is adapted to calculate a fiber length between the optical line terminal and the optical network device according to the duration and the actual response time of the optical network device.

11. The optical line terminal according to claim 10, further comprising a response time storage unit that is adapted to store information relating to the actual response time, wherein the response time acquisition unit is adapted to obtain the actual response time of the optical network device from the response time storage unit.

12. The optical line terminal according to claim 11, wherein the information relating to the actual response time is a mapping table stored in the optical line terminal, the response time acquisition unit being adapted to obtain the actual response time by querying the mapping table.

13. The optical line terminal according to claim 12, wherein a mapping of the mapping table is between the actual response time and an identifier of the optical network device or a brand and model of the optical network device.

14. The optical line terminal according to claim 10, wherein the response message carries the actual response time, the response time acquisition unit being an interpreting unit that is adapted to interpret the response message to obtain the actual response time.

15. The optical line terminal according to claim 10, wherein the receiving unit is adapted to receive a second message carrying the actual response time, the response time acquisition unit being an interpreting unit that is adapted to interpret the second message to obtain the actual response time.

16. The optical line terminal according to claim 15 further comprising a response time storage unit that is adapted to store the second message.

17. An optical network device, comprising:

a receiving unit that is adapted to receive a first message sent from an optical line terminal;

a response time acquisition unit that is adapted to obtain an actual response time of the optical network device; and

a sending unit that is adapted to send a second message carrying the actual response time to the optical line terminal.

18. The optical network device according to claim 17, further comprising a response time storage unit adapted to store the actual response time, wherein the response time acquisition unit is adapted to obtain the actual response time from the response time storage unit.

19. The optical network device according to claim 17, wherein the first message is a ranging request message, and the second message is a response message responding to the ranging request message.

20. The optical network device according to claim 17, wherein the first message is a ranging request message, and the second message is a message sent voluntarily.

21. A computer readable media, comprising logic encoded in the computer readable media, the logic when executed operable to:

send a first message to the second optical network device;

receive a response message from the second optical network device;

determine a duration between sending the first message and receiving the response message;

obtain a actual response time of the second optical network device and a waiting time assigned to the second optical network device; and

determine the fiber length according to the duration, the waiting time, the actual response time.