Distributed electrical cross device, and system and method thereof for implementing sub-network connection (SNC) cascade protection

• US 9,276,690 B2
• Filed: 04/06/2010
• Issued: 03/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xi'An Zhongxing New Software Co., Ltd. (ZTE Corporation)
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Wang, Dong, Yuan, Yan
• Primary Examiner(s): Payne, David
• Assistant Examiner(s): MOTSINGER, TANYA THERESA NGO
• Application Number:
  US13/393,964
• Publication Number:
  US 20120163796A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,156 Days
• Field of Search: 398/2, 398/83
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 14/0212 using optical switches or wavelength selective switches [WSS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 14/0293 Optical channel protection
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 14/0297 Optical equipment protection
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 2203/0012 Switching modules and their interconnections
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 2203/0025 Peripheral units
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 2203/0026 Physical details
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 2203/0073 Services, e.g. multimedia, GOS, QOS
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 3/1652 Optical Transport Network [OTN]

Abstract

The present invention discloses a distributed electrical cross apparatus, and a system and method for the distributed electrical cross apparatus implementing an SNC cascade protection. The apparatus includes a backboard and at least four single-boards integrated with electrical cross units, wherein the single-boards are inserted in the limited number of slots in the backboard, and these single-boards also set line-side service access units, client-side service access units and backboard access units. The present invention has both accessing of line-side services and accessing of client-side services in the same single-board, access and flexible scheduling of various services such as line-side services and client-side services and so on are implemented on the backboard with limited number of slots, and the function of the distributed electrical cross system processing various services is increased in the case of low cost.

Claims

1. A system for a distributed electrical cross apparatus implementing a sub-network connection (SNC) cascade protection, comprising:

a distributed electrical cross apparatus, wherein the distributed electrical cross apparatus comprises a backboard and four single-boards, the four single-boards are inserted in fixed slots on the backboard, the four single-boards are set as two pairs of single-boards whose functions and service access conditions are completely symmetrical, and the two pairs of single-boards further connect with line-side service sub-networks in four directions respectively while supporting add/drop paths of client-side services;

each single-board comprises an electrical cross unit, a line-side service access unit, a client-side service access unit and a backboard access unit,

wherein the electrical cross unit achieves cross connections of line-side services, client-side services and backboard-side services;

the backboard access unit comprises three backboard electrical signal interaction modules and three backboard electrical signal multiplexing and de-multiplexing modules corresponding to the three backboard electrical signal interaction modules, each backboard electrical signal interaction module connects with the electrical cross unit of the single-board which the corresponding backboard access unit located through the corresponding backboard electrical signal multiplexing and de-multiplexing module;

the three backboard electrical signal interaction modules in each single-board are configured to connect the single-board where the three backboard electrical signal interaction modules locates with the backboard electrical signal interaction modules of the other three single-boards;

the backboard electrical signal multiplexing and de-multiplexing module is configured to decompose a backboard electrical signal into multi-path sub-wavelength electrical signals; and

converge the multi-path sub-wavelength electrical signals into one path backboard electrical signal;

the system further comprises a protection switching controller,

wherein the single-board in the distributed electrical cross apparatus is configured to monitor work conditions of other single-board devices connected with this single-board and work conditions of access services of this single-board, and when the single-board device and/or the access service has a fault, report a fault alarm signal to the protection switching controller; and

execute changing a service electrical cross connection configuration of an electrical cross unit;

the protection switching controller is configured to notify a related single-board to change the service electrical cross connection configuration of the electrical cross unit according to the fault alarm signal reported by the single-board, so that the work of the single-board with the fault is replaced by the single-board in which the single-board functions and the service access conditions are completely symmetrical with that of the single-board with the fault.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein, the fault alarm signal is:

a single-board device fault alarm signal, a wavelength level service alarm signal or a sub-wavelength level service alarm signal.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein, the protection switching controller is further configured to,

when a single-board has a fault, and then another single-board which has electrical signal interaction with the single-board with the fault reports the fault alarm signal of the single-board with the fault to the protection switching controller, notify the related single-board in the distributed electrical cross apparatus to change the service electrical cross connection configuration of the electrical cross unit and reselect a single-board sending same service;

when a sub-network, i.e., a wavelength level service, has a fault, and then a trunk photoelectric conversion module of the single-board connected with the sub-network with the fault reports the wavelength level service alarm signal, notify the related single-board in the distributed electrical cross apparatus to change the service electrical cross connection configuration of the electrical cross unit and reselect a single-board sending this wavelength level service, that is, replace the sub-network which transmits this wavelength level service; and

when the sub-wavelength level service carried by a single-board has a fault, and then a trunk electrical signal multiplexing and de-multiplexing module and/or a tributary photoelectric conversion module in the single-board reports the sub-wavelength level service alarm signal, notify the related single-board in the distributed electrical cross apparatus to change the service electrical cross connection configuration of the electrical cross unit and reselect to single-board sending this sub-wavelength level service.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein, the line-side service access unit comprises a trunk photoelectric conversion module and a trunk electrical signal multiplexing and de-multiplexing module;

wherein,

the trunk photoelectric conversion module is configured to convert a trunk optical signal input from the line side to a trunk electrical signal;

the trunk electrical signal multiplexing and de-multiplexing module is configured to decompose the trunk electrical signal output from the trunk photoelectric conversion module into multi-path sub-wavelength electrical signals; and

converge the multi-path sub-wavelength electrical signals into one path trunk electrical signal.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein, the client-side service access unit comprises at least one tributary photoelectric conversion module, which is configured to convert a tributary optical signal input from the client side into a tributary electrical signal.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein, the backboard access unit of each single-board is connected with each other through the fixed traces on the backboard.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein, the backboard access unit of each single-board being connected with each other through the fixed traces on the backboard is that:

each single-board directly connects with all the rest single-boards on the backboard through the backboard access unit.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein, the client-side service access unit comprises at least one tributary photoelectric conversion module, which is configured to convert a tributary optical signal input from the client side into a tributary electrical signal.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein, the backboard access unit of each single-board is connected with each other through the fixed traces on the backboard.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein, the backboard access unit of each single-board being connected with each other through the fixed traces on the backboard is that:

each single-board directly connects with all the rest single-boards on the backboard through the backboard access unit.

11. In a system for a distributed electrical cross apparatus implementing a sub-network connection (SNC) cascade protection, the system comprising a distributed electrical cross apparatus wherein the distributed electrical cross apparatus comprises a backboard and four single-boards, the four single-boards are inserted in fixed slots on the backboard, the four single-boards are set as two pairs of single-boards whose functions and service access conditions are completely symmetrical, and the two pairs of single-boards further connect with line-side service sub-networks in four directions respectively while supporting add/drop paths of client-side services, each single-board comprises an electrical cross unit, a line-side service access unit, a client-side service access unit and a backboard access unit, wherein the electrical cross unit achieves cross connections of line-side services, client-side services and backboard-side services, the backboard access unit comprises three backboard electrical signal interaction modules and three backboard electrical signal multiplexing and de-multiplexing modules corresponding to the three backboard electrical signal interaction modules, each backboard electrical signal interaction module connects with the electrical cross unit of the single-board which the corresponding backboard access unit located through the corresponding backboard electrical signal multiplexing and de-multiplexing module, the three backboard electrical signal interaction modules in each single-board are configured to connect the single-board where the three backboard electrical signal interaction modules locates with the backboard electrical signal interaction modules of the other three single-boards, the backboard electrical signal multiplexing and de-multiplexing module is configured to decompose a backboard electrical signal into multi-path sub-wavelength electrical signals, and converge the multi-path sub-wavelength electrical signals into one path backboard electrical signal, a method for a distributed electrical cross apparatus implementing a sub-network connection (SNC) cascade protection, the method comprising:

setting the four single-boards of the distributed electrical cross apparatus as two pairs of single-boards in which functions and service access conditions are completely symmetrical in the distributed electrical cross apparatus, and the two pairs of single-boards further connecting with line-side service sub-networks in four directions respectively while supporting add/drop paths of client-side services;

each single-board monitoring work conditions of other single-board devices connected with this single-board and work conditions of access services of this single-board;

when the single-board device and/or the access service has a fault, the single-board reporting a fault alarm signal to a protection switching controller;

the protection switching controller notifying a related board to change a service electrical cross connection configuration of an electrical cross unit according to the fault alarm signal reported by the single-board;

the related single-board executing changing the service electrical cross connection configuration of the electrical cross unit.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein, the fault alarm signal is:

a line-side wavelength level service alarm signal, a line-side sub-wavelength level service alarm signal, or a single-board device fault alarm signal.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein, the protection switching controller notifying the related single-board to change the service electrical cross connection configuration of the electrical cross unit according to the fault alarm signal reported by the single-board comprises:

when a single-board has a fault, and after another single-board which has electrical signal interaction with the single-board with the fault reports the fault alarm signal of the single-board fault to the protection switching controller, the protection switching controller notifying the related single-board in the distributed electrical cross apparatus to change the service electrical cross connection configuration of the electrical cross unit and reselect a single-board sending same service;

when a sub-network, i.e., a wavelength level service, has a fault, and after a trunk photoelectric conversion module of the single-board connected with the sub-network with the fault reports the wavelength level service alarm signal, the protection switching controller notifying the related single-board in the distributed electrical cross apparatus to change the service electrical cross connection configuration of the electrical cross unit and reselect a single-board sending this wavelength level service, that is, replace the sub-network which transmits this wavelength level service; and

when the sub-wavelength level service carried by a single-board has a fault, and after a trunk electrical signal multiplexing and de-multiplexing module and/or a tributary photoelectric conversion module in the single-board reports the sub-wavelength level service alarm signal, the protection switching controller notifying the related single-board in the distributed electrical cross apparatus to change the service electrical cross connection configuration of the electrical cross unit, and reselecting a single-board sending this sub-wavelength level service.