Method, system and apparatus for transmitting data

• US 8,315,520 B2
• Filed: 02/27/2009
• Issued: 11/20/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Zou, Shimin
• Primary Examiner(s): CURS, NATHAN M
• Application Number:
  US12/394,959
• Publication Number:
  US 20090226170A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,362 Days
• Field of Search: 398/58, 398/67
• US Class Current: 398/67
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 3/1694 Allocation of channels in TDM/TDMA networks, e.g. distributed multiplexers Passive Optical Networks H04Q11/0062
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 11/0067 Provisions for optical access or distribution networks, e.g. Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network (GE-PON), ATM-based Passive Optical Network (A-PON), PON-Ring
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2011/0064 Arbitration, scheduling or medium access control aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2011/0088 Signalling aspects

Abstract

The present invention provides a method and a system for transmitting data. The OLT sets a multiframe indication and an upstream timeslot indication overhead in the downstream frame sent to the ONU. After receiving the downstream frame, the ONU determines the upstream bandwidth position according to the multiframe indication and the upstream timeslot indication overhead, and sends upstream data to the OLT from the upstream bandwidth position of the upstream frame. Through controlling the upstream data transmission by multiframes, each T-CONT carries an overhead area regardless of the length, and thus able to carry longer payload as against an equivalent overhead area in the prior art. In this way, the overhead area is saved and the bandwidth utilization is improved.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting data, comprising:

allocating an upstream bandwidth position to an Optical Network Unit (ONU), according to time length of an upstream frame;

setting an upstream timeslot indication overhead into a downstream frame according to the upstream bandwidth position and a multiframe indication;

setting the multiframe indication and the upstream timeslot indication overhead in the downstream frame; and

sending the downstream frame to the ONU;

wherein the multiframe indication is a multiframe count bit, and the multiframe count bit is part of bits in a superframe counter in a downstream physical-layer control block.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein, the method further comprises:

through a PLOAMd message, notifying the ONU to receive the downstream frame in a multiframe mode.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

notifying bit quantity required by the upstream bandwidth position to the ONU.

4. A method for transmitting data, comprising:

allocating an upstream bandwidth position to an Optical Network Unit (ONU), according to time length of an upstream frame;

setting all upstream timeslot indication overhead into a downstream frame according to the upstream bandwidth position and a multiframe indication;

setting the multiframe indication and the upstream timeslot indication overhead in the downstream frame; and

sending the downstream frame to the ONU;

wherein the multiframe indication is a multiframe count bit, and the multiframe count bit is a multiframe counter bit that is set separately from a superframe counter.