Troubleshooting method, aggregation node, and optical network protection system

• US 9,130,669 B2
• Filed: 12/06/2013
• Issued: 09/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2011
• 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: Zheng, Ruobin
• Primary Examiner(s): Bello, Agustin
• Application Number:
  US14/098,988
• Publication Number:
  US 20140099097A1
• Time in Patent Office: 641 Days
• Field of Search: 398 1- 9
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/038 using bypasses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0663 Performing the actions predefined by failover planning, e.g. switching to standby network elements
• 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 2011/0081 Fault tolerance; Redundancy; Recovery; Reconfigurability

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a troubleshooting method. The method includes: determining, by an aggregation node when a link fault or a device fault occurs on an OLT side, an active logical port used by the active OLT to forward a data packet; searching, by the aggregation node, a locally stored logical port mapping table according to the active logical port to obtain a standby logical port corresponding to the active logical port, where the standby logical port supports a same user service as the active logical port; and triggering, by the aggregation node, the standby OLT to enable the standby logical port to receive a data packet that is sent by the standby OLT through the standby logical port. The implementation of the present invention can provide utmost compatibility with the live network and enable a communication link to recover from a fault quickly.

Claims

1. A troubleshooting method, comprising:

determining, by an aggregation node when a link fault or a device fault occurs on an active optical line termination OLT side, an active logical port used by the active OLT to forward a data packet, wherein the active logical port supports at least one user service, and each user service is denoted by a user service identifier (C-VLAN, S-VLAN) formed by a user local area network tag C-VLAN and a service local area network tag S-VLAN;

searching, by the aggregation node, a locally stored logical port mapping table according to the active logical port to obtain a standby logical port corresponding to the active logical port, wherein the standby logical port supports a same user service as the active logical port; and

triggering, by the aggregation node, the standby OLT to enable the standby logical port to receive a data packet that is sent by the standby OLT through the standby logical port.

2. The troubleshooting method according to claim 1, wherein the determining, by an aggregation node, an active logical port used by the active OLT to forward a data packet comprises:

reporting, by the active OLT, fault information to the aggregation node through an LACP message, wherein the LACP message carries a port number of an active logical port, determining, by the aggregation node according to the port number of the active logical port, an active logical port used by the active OLT to forward a data packet;

or, wherein the LACP message carries a user service identifier (C-VLAN, S-VLAN) of a user service supported by the active logical port, determining, by the aggregation node according to the user service identifier (C-VLAN, S-VLAN), an active logical port used to send a data packet corresponding to the user service identifier.

3. The troubleshooting method according to claim 1, wherein the link fault on the active OLT side comprises:

an active fiber link fault on the active OLT side or an uplink physical port fault of the active OLT; and

the device fault on the active OLT side comprises;

an active OLT fault or a PON physical port fault of the active OLT.

4. The troubleshooting method according to claim 3, further comprising a step of detecting a physical port fault of the active OLT, which comprises:

if the active OLT is not directly connected with the aggregation node, judging, by the aggregation node, the physical port fault of the active OLT by periodically exchanging a continuity detection packet with the active OLT; and

, if the active OLT is directly connected with the aggregation node, judging, by the aggregation node, the physical port fault of the active OLT by detecting an optical signal of the physical port of the active OLT.

5. The troubleshooting method according to claim 4, wherein:

after the standby OLT enables the standby logical port, a data packet that carries the user service identifier (C-VLAN, S-VLAN) is sent to the aggregation node through the standby logical port.

6. An aggregation node, comprising:

a memory, configured to store a table of mapping between logical ports of an active optical line termination OLT and a standby OLT;

a port determining unit, configured to;

when a link fault or a device fault occurs on an active OLT side, determine an active logical port used by the active OLT to forward a data packet, wherein the active logical port supports at least one user service, and each user service is denoted by a user service identifier (C-VLAN, S-VLAN) formed by a user local area network tag C-VLAN and a service local area network tag S-VLAN;

a mapping searching unit, configured to search, according to the active logical port determined by the port determining unit, the logical port mapping table stored in the memory to obtain a standby logical port corresponding to the active logical port, wherein the standby logical port supports a same user service as the active logical port; and

a port enabling unit, configured to trigger the standby OLT to enable the standby logical port to receive a data packet that is sent by the standby OLT through the standby logical port.

7. The aggregation node according to claim 6, wherein the aggregation node is further configured to receive fault information that is reported by the active OLT through an LACP message;

when the LACP message carries a port number of an active logical port, the port determining unit determines, according to the port number of the active logical port, an active logical port used by the active OLT to forward a data packet;

or

when the LACP message carries a user service identifier (C-VLAN, S-VLAN) of a user service supported by the active logical port, the port determining unit determines, according to the user service identifier (C-VLAN, S-VLAN), an active logical port used to send a data packet corresponding to the user service identifier (C-VLAN, S-VLAN) and a port number of the active logical port.

8. The aggregation node according to claim 6, wherein the information exchanged between the aggregation node and the active OLT comprises:

an LACP message or an OAM message or a continuity detection packet.

9. The aggregation node according to claim 8, wherein:

the mapping searching unit searches, according to the port number of the active logical port, the port mapping table for a port number of a standby logical port corresponding to an identifier of the active logical port group, and obtains, according to the port number of the standby logical port, the standby logical port corresponding to the active logical port.

10. An optical network protection system, comprising:

an aggregation node, and at least one active optical line termination OLT and at least one standby OLT that are connected with the aggregation node, wherein

the aggregation node is configured to;

when a link fault or a device fault occurs on an active OLT side, determine an active logical port used by the active OLT to forward a data packet, wherein the active logical port supports at least one user service, and each user service is denoted by a user service identifier (C-VLAN, S-VLAN) formed by a user local area network tag C-VLAN and a service local area network tag S-VLAN;

search a locally stored logical port mapping table according to the active logical port to obtain a standby logical port corresponding to the active logical port, wherein the standby logical port supports a same user service as the active logical port; and

trigger the standby OLT to enable the standby logical port to receive a data packet that is sent by the standby OLT through the standby logical port.