Method, device and system for managing information of an optical node in an optical distribution network

• US 8,705,966 B2
• Filed: 01/14/2011
• Issued: 04/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2008
• 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: Zhao, Jun, Li, De, Wu, Haining
• Primary Examiner(s): CURS, NATHAN M
• Application Number:
  US13/007,049
• Publication Number:
  US 20110110664A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,194 Days
• Field of Search: 398/66, 398/25, 398/67
• US Class Current: 398/67
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/6418 Hybrid transport
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0803 Configuration setting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0856 by backing up or archiving configuration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• 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 2011/0079 Operation or maintenance aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2011/009 Topology aspects

Abstract

The present invention discloses a method, device and system for managing information of an optical node in an optical distribution network, relates to management of information of an optical node in an optical distribution network, is capable of solving the problem of manual entry of information of an optical node being cumbersome, and is not limited by installation locations of the optical node. The method for managing information of an optical node in an optical distribution network includes: obtaining an identity code of an optical node; querying a pre-established optical node information table according to the identity code of the optical node, wherein the optical node information table comprises the identity code of the optical node and the installation location information of the optical node. The present invention is suitable for management of information of an optical node in an optical distribution network.

Claims

1. A method, performed by a data management unit having a processor, for managing optical node information in an optical distribution network, the method comprising:

obtaining an identity code of an optical node, wherein the optical node is an optical node connecting an optical line terminal (OLT) to an optical network unit (ONU); and

querying a pre-established optical node information table, wherein the pre-established optical node information table comprises the identity code of the optical node, installation location information of the optical node, and identification information of the ONU connected to the optical node; and

achieving management of the optical node by obtaining the installation location information of the optical node according to the identity code of the optical node,

wherein the installation location information and the identification information are both related to the identity code.

2. The method for managing optical node information in an optical distribution network according to claim 1, wherein the installation location information of the optical node comprises a geographical name of an installation location of the optical node.

3. The method for managing optical node information in an optical distribution network according to claim 1, wherein the optical node is an optical cable terminal box or other optical node in the optical distribution network.

4. A device for managing optical node information in an optical distribution network, the device comprising:

a first read module, configured to read an identity code of an optical node and send the identity code to an association module, wherein the optical node is an optical node connecting an optical line terminal (OLT) to an optical network unit (ONU);

a second read module, configured to read installation location information of the optical node and send the installation location information to the association module;

a third read module configured to read identification information of the ONU connected to the optical node and to send the identification information of the ONU to the association module for association;

the association module, configured to associate the received identity code of the optical node with the installation location information of the optical node and the identification information of the ONU to generate optical node association information; and

a communication interface unit, configured to send the optical node association information generated by the association module to a data management unit in an optical distribution network center.

5. The device for managing optical node information in an optical distribution network according to claim 4, wherein the optical node is an optical cable terminal box or other optical node in the optical distribution network.

6. The device for managing optical node information in an optical distribution network according to claim 4, wherein the first read module is a card reader;

and the second read module is a network device with a Global Positioning System (GPS) function.

7. A system for managing optical node information in an optical distribution network, the system comprising:

an optical node information management device configured to associate an identity code of an optical node with installation location information of the optical node and identification information of an optical network unit (ONU) connected to the optical node to generate optical node association information by obtaining the identity code of the optical node, the installation location information of the optical node, and the identification information of the ONU connected to the optical node, and report the association information to a data management unit in an optical distribution network management center;

a communication interface unit, configured to receive the association information sent from the optical node information management device and convert the association information into data identifiable to the data management unit; and

the data management unit, configured to store and manage the association information in the form of a database table.

8. The system for managing optical node information in an optical distribution network according to claim 7, further comprising:

a geographical name extraction module, configured to extract a geographical name of a location corresponding to the node and to send the geographical name of the location corresponding to the node to the data management unit.

9. The system for managing optical node information in an optical distribution network according to claim 7, wherein the optical node is an optical cable terminal box or other optical node in the optical distribution network.