Node device and optical network system
First Claim
1. A device which is used in an optical network system for transferring a user packet, which is input to said optical network system from outside said optical network system, to outside said optical network system through a plurality of said devices, which are sequentially provided from an upstream side to a downstream side of a transfer route, the device comprising:
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an optical switch; and
a node control device, wherein said node control device may function as a transmission side edge node device, a core node device, and a destination side edge node device, said node control device comprising;
an optical path allocation request packet processing means for (1) transferring a first open resource information of said destination side edge node device as an optical path allocation request packet to said transmission side edge node device through said core node device on the upstream side of the transfer route, when said node device functions as said destination edge node device, and (2) adding a second open resource information of said core node device to said optical path allocation request packet received from said destination side edge device on the downstream side of the transfer route and transferring it to another node control device on the upstream side of the transfer route, when said node control device functions as said core node device;
an optical path allocation packet processing means for (b1) selecting open resource information capable of determining the allocation of an optical path, which can pass through said core node device without going through the router therein, based on said first and second open resource information received from said core node device on the downstream side of the transfer route, when said node device functions as said transmission side edge node device, and (b2) notifying the allocation of the optical path to said core node device relating to the selected open resource information, using an optical path allocation packet; and
an optical path switching means for (c1) controlling said optical switch according to said optical path allocation packet to set said optical path which does not go through said router, when said node device control functions as said core node device, and (c2) outputting an optical path setting completion notice packet to notify of completion of the optical path setting to said transmission side edge node device.
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Abstract
A method for setting a cut-through optical path in an optical network system is proposed. At first, a destination side edge node device which confirmed,the transfer of a packet to a terminal accommodated by the present node device or to an access system network notifies the open resource information of the present node device to a transmission side edge node device. Then the transmission side edge node device determines the optimum allocation of an optical path to be set on the transfer route based on the open resource information notified by the destination side edge node device and the core node device. Then, according to the allocation optical path determined in the previous step, the transmission side edge node device, the core node device, and the destination side edge node device set the optical path which omits the packet transfer processing (layer 2 and layer 3 processing) in transit nodes.
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20 Claims
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1. A device which is used in an optical network system for transferring a user packet, which is input to said optical network system from outside said optical network system, to outside said optical network system through a plurality of said devices, which are sequentially provided from an upstream side to a downstream side of a transfer route, the device comprising:
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a router;
an optical switch; and
a node control device, wherein said node control device may function as a transmission side edge node device, a core node device, and a destination side edge node device, said node control device comprising;
an optical path allocation request packet processing means for (1) transferring a first open resource information of said destination side edge node device as an optical path allocation request packet to said transmission side edge node device through said core node device on the upstream side of the transfer route, when said node device functions as said destination edge node device, and (2) adding a second open resource information of said core node device to said optical path allocation request packet received from said destination side edge device on the downstream side of the transfer route and transferring it to another node control device on the upstream side of the transfer route, when said node control device functions as said core node device;
an optical path allocation packet processing means for (b1) selecting open resource information capable of determining the allocation of an optical path, which can pass through said core node device without going through the router therein, based on said first and second open resource information received from said core node device on the downstream side of the transfer route, when said node device functions as said transmission side edge node device, and (b2) notifying the allocation of the optical path to said core node device relating to the selected open resource information, using an optical path allocation packet; and
an optical path switching means for (c1) controlling said optical switch according to said optical path allocation packet to set said optical path which does not go through said router, when said node device control functions as said core node device, and (c2) outputting an optical path setting completion notice packet to notify of completion of the optical path setting to said transmission side edge node device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A node device which is used in an optical network system for transferring a user packet, which is input to said optical network system from outside said optical network system, to outside said optical network system through a plurality of said node devices, which are sequentially provided from an upstream side of a transfer route to a downstream side thereof and which function as a transmission side edge node device, a core node device and a destination side edge node device, respectively, the node device comprising:
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a router;
an optical switch; and
a node control device that may function as one of said transmission side edge node device, said core node device, and said destination side edge node device, said node control device comprising;
(1) an optical path allocation request packet processing means for (a1) transferring a first open resource information of said node control device as an optical path allocation request packet to said destination side edge node device through said core node device on the downstream side of the transfer route, when said node control device functions as said transmission edge node device, and (a2) adding a second open resource information of said control node device to said optical path allocation request packet received from said transmission side edge device on the upstream side of the transfer route and transferring it to another node control device on the downstream side of the transfer route when said node device functions as said core node control device;
(2) an optical path allocation packet processing means for (b1) selecting open resource information capable of determining the allocation of an optical path, which can pass through said core node device without going through the router therein, based on said first and second open resource information received from said core node device on the upstream side of the transfer route, when said node control device functions as said destination side edge node device, and (b2) notifying the allocation of the optical path to said core node device relating to the selected open resource information, using an optical path allocation packet; and
(3) an optical path switching means for (c1) controlling said optical switch according to the notified optical path allocation packet to set said optical path which does not go through said router, when said node control device functions as said core node device, and (c2) outputting an optical path setting completion notice packet to notify the completion of the optical path setting to said transmission side edge node device.
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11. A node device which is used in an optical network system for transferring a user packet, which is input to said optical network system from outside said optical network system, to outside said optical network system through a plurality of said node devices, which are sequentially provided from an upstream side to a downstream side of a transfer route and which function as a transmission side edge node device, a core node device, and a destination side edge node device, respectively, the node device comprising:
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a router;
an optical switch; and
a node control device that may function as one of said transmission side edge node device, said core node device, and said destination side edge node device, said node control device comprising;
(1) an optical path allocation packet processing means for (a1) transferring a first open resource information of said node control device as an optical path allocation packet to said transmission side edge node device through said core node device on the upstream side of the transfer route, when said node control device functions as said destination edge node device, and (a2) determining a possibility of setting an optical path in said core node device relating to said first open resource information presented in said optical path allocation packet received from said destination side edge node device on the downstream side of the transfer route, when said node control device functions as said core node device, thereby (a2-1) adding an optical path set table information to said optical path allocation packet and transferring it with the added set table information to another node device on the upstream side of the transfer route if an optical path setting is possible, or (a2-2) adding a second open resource information of said core node device itself to said optical path allocation packet and transferring it with the added second open resource information to said another node device if an optical path setting is impossible; and
(2) an optical path switching means for (c1) controlling said optical switch according to the determination of the possibility of the optical path setting by said optical path allocation packet processing means to set, if the optical path setting is possible, said optical path which does not go through said router in said core node device relating to said first open resource information.
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12. A node device which is used in an optical network system for transferring a user packet, which is input to said optical network system from outside said optical network system, to outside said optical network system through a plurality of said node devices, which are sequentially provided from an upstream side to a downstream side of a transfer route and which function as a transmission side edge node device, a core node device, and a destination side edge node device, respectively, the node device comprising:
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a router, an optical switch; and
a node control device that may function as one of said transmission side edge node device, said core node device, and said destination side edge node device, said node device comprising;
(1) an optical path allocation packet processing means for (a1) transferring a first open resource information of said node control device as an optical path allocation packet to said destination side edge node device through said core node device on the downstream side of the transfer route, when said node control device functions as said transmission edge node device, and (a2) determining the possibility of setting an optical path in said core node device relating to said first open resource information presented in said optical path allocation packet received from said transmission side edge node device on the upstream side of the transfer route when said node control device functions as said core node device, thereby (a2-1) if an optical path setting is possible, adding an optical path set table information to said optical path allocation packet and transferring it with the added set table information to another node control device on the downstream side of the transfer route, or (a2-2) if an optical path setting is impossible, adding a second open resource information of said core node device itself to said optical path allocation packet and transferring it with the added second open resource information to said another node control device; and
(2) an optical path switching means for (c1) controlling said optical switch according to the determination of the possibility of the optical path setting by said optical path allocation packet processing means to set, if the optical path setting is possible, said optical path which does not go through said router in said core node device relating to said first open resource information.
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13. An optical path setting method for an optical network system for transferring a user packet, which is input from outside said optical network system, to outside said optical network system through a plurality of node devices, which are sequentially provided from an upstream side to a downstream side of a transfer route and which function as a transmission side edge node device, a core node device, and a destination side edge node device, respectively, each of said node devices comprising a router, an optical switch, and a node control device, and said node control device including an optical path allocation request packet processing means, an optical path allocation packet processing means, and an optical path switching means and being capable of functioning as one of said transmission side edge node device, said core node device, and said destination side edge node device, the method comprising the steps of:
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(1) transferring a first open resource information of said node device functioning as said destination side edge node device as an optical path allocation request packet to said transmission side edge node device through said core node device on the upstream side of the transfer route under the control of said optical path allocation request packet processing means;
(2) adding a second open resource information of said node device functioning as said core node device to said optical path allocation request packet received from said destination side edge device on the downstream side of the transfer route and transferring the first and second open resource information to another node device on the upstream side of the transfer route under the control of said optical path allocation request processing means in said core node device;
(3) selecting open resource information capable of determining the allocation of an optical path, which can pass through said core node device without going through the router therein, based on said first and second open resource information received from said core node device on the downstream side of the transfer route with said transmission side edge node device, under the control of said optical allocation packet processing means in said core node device;
(4) notifying the allocation of the optical path to said core node device relating to the selected open resource information, using an optical path allocation packet, with said transmission side edge node device, under the control of said optical allocation said core node device;
(5) controlling said optical switch according to the notified optical path allocation packet to set said optical path which does not go through said router with said core node device, under the control of said optical path switching means in said core node device, and (6) outputting an optical path setting completion notice packet to notify the completion of the optical path setting to said transmission side edge node device with said core node device, under the control of said optical path switching means in said core node device. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An optical path setting method for an optical network system for transferring a user packet, which is input from outside said optical network system, to outside said optical network system through a plurality of node devices, which are sequentially provided from an upstream side to a downstream side of a transfer route and which function as a transmission side edge node device, a core node device, and a destination side edge node device, respectively, each of said node devices comprising a router, an optical switch, and a node control device, and said node control device including an optical path allocation request packet processing means, an optical path allocation packet processing means, and an optical path switching means and being capable of functioning as one of said transmission side edge node device, said core node device, and said destination side edge node device, the method comprising the steps of:
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(1) transferring a first open resource information of said transmission side edge node device as an optical path allocation request packet to said side destination edge node device through said core node device on the downstream side of the transfer route with said transmission side edge node device, under the control of said optical path allocation request packet processing means in said transmission side edge node device;
(2) adding a second open resource information of said core node device to said optical path allocation request packet received from said transmission side edge node device to the upstream side of the transfer route and transferring the first and second open resource information to another node device on the downstream side of the transfer route with said core node device, under the control of said optical path allocation request processing means in said core node device;
(3) selecting open resource information capable of determining the allocation of an optical path, which can pass through said core node device without going through the router therein, based on said first and second open resource information received from said core node device on the upstream side of the transfer route with said destination side edge node device, under the control of said optical path allocation packet processing means in said destination side edge node device;
(4) notifying the allocation of the optical path to said core node device relating to the selected open resource information, using an optical path allocation packet with said destination side edge node device, under the control of said optical path allocation packet processing means in said destination side edge node device;
(5) controlling said optical switch according to the notified optical path allocation packet to set said optical path which does not go through said router when said node device functions as said core node device with said destination side edge node device, under the control of said optical path switching means in said core node device; and
(6) outputting an optical path setting completion notice packet to notify the completion of the optical path setting to said transmission side edge node device with said destination side edge node device, under the control of said optical path switching means in said core node device.
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19. An optical path setting method for an optical network system for transferring a user packet, which is input from outside said optical network system, to outside said optical network system through a plurality of said node devices, which are sequentially provided from an upstream side to a downstream side of a transfer route and which functions as a transmission side edge node device, a core node device, and a destination side edge node device, respectively, each of said node devices comprising a router, an optical switch, and a node control device, and said node control device including an optical path allocation packet processing means, and an optical path switching means and being capable of functioning as one of said transmission side edge node device, said core node device, and said destination side edge node device, the method comprising the steps of:
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(1) transferring a first open resource information of said destination side edge node device as an optical path allocation packet to said transmission side edge node device through said core node device on the upstream side of the transfer route with said destination side edge node device, under the control of said optical path allocation packet processing means in said destination side edge node device, and (2) determining the possibility of setting an optical path in said core node device relating to said first open resource information presented in said optical path allocation packet received from said destination side edge node device on the downstream side of the transfer route with said core node device, under the control of said optical path allocation packet processing means in said core node device, thereby (a1) adding an optical path set table information to said optical path allocation packet and transferring it with the added set table information to another node device on the upstream side of the transfer route if an optical path setting is possible, or (a2) adding a second open resource information of said core node device to said optical path allocation packet and transferring it with the added second open resource information to said another node device if an optical path setting is impossible.
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20. An optical path setting method for an optical network system for transferring a user packet, which is input from outside said optical network system, to outside said optical network system through a plurality of said node devices, which are sequentially provided from an upstream side to a downstream side of a transfer route and which function as a transmission side edge node device, a core node device, and a destination side edge node device, respectively, each of said node devices comprising a router, an optical switch, and a node control device;
- and said node control device including an optical path allocation packet processing means and being capable of functioning as one of said transmission side edge node device, said core node device, and said destination side edge node device, the method comprising the steps of;
(1) transferring a first open resource information of said transmission side edge node device as an optical path allocation packet to said destination side edge node device through said core node device on the upstream side of the transfer route with said transmission side edge node device, under the control of said optical path allocation packet processing means in said transmission side edge node, and (2) determining the possibility of setting an optical path in said core node device relating to said first open resource information presented in said optical path allocation packet received from said transmission side edge node device on the upstream side of the transfer route with said core node device, under the control of said optical path allocation packet processing means, thereby (a1) adding an optical path set table information to said optical path allocation packet and transferring it with the added set table information to another node device on the downstream side of the transfer route if an optical path setting is possible, or (a2) adding a second open resource information of said core node device itself to said optical path allocation packet and transferring it with the added second open resource information to said another node device if an optical path setting is possible.
- and said node control device including an optical path allocation packet processing means and being capable of functioning as one of said transmission side edge node device, said core node device, and said destination side edge node device, the method comprising the steps of;
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