Patents by Inventor Dezhi Zhang

Dezhi Zhang has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9698978
    Abstract: Provided is a network equipment and an authentication and key management method for the same. The network equipment generates a Network Key (NK); the network equipment performs authentication protocol interaction with opposite communication equipment, and calculates a Basic Session Key (BSK) according to parameters for the authentication protocol interaction and the NK; and the network equipment calculates link Encryption Keys (EKs) used respectively for Media Access Control (MAC) and Physical (PHY) layers using various access technologies according to the BSK, and provides the EKs for respective MAC and PHY layer function modules. With the disclosure, the legality of the equipment is verified by performing an authentication process on the heterogeneous network equipments in one pass, and keys in various MAC layer technologies are managed in a unified way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Qiongwen Liang, Weiliang Zhang, Lin Wang, Junjian Zhang, Dezhi Zhang, Boshan Zhang
  • Publication number: 20170187452
    Abstract: The present document provides a method and apparatus for processing abnormal uplink data, herein, the method includes: a first time wavelength division multiplexing TWDM channel terminal in a TWDM passive optical network PON detecting abnormal uplink data; the first TWDM channel terminal sending uplink data abnormality information to other TWDM channel terminals in the TWDM PON, herein the uplink data abnormality information is used for the other TWDM channel terminals detecting whether uplink data sent by an optical network unit ONU managed by the other TWDM channel terminals are abnormal, and processing the ONU sending the abnormal uplink data when the abnormality is detected, solves the problem that an ONU sends data on a wrong uplink wavelength channel to cause uplink data interference on the uplink wavelength channel, and further achieves the effect of rapidly locating the ONU using the wrong uplink wavelength for communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dan GENG, Weiliang ZHANG, Dezhi ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20170055053
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method and apparatus for adjusting wavelength for an Optical Line Terminal/Optical Network Unit (OLT/ONU). The method for adjusting wavelength for an OLT includes that: a source OLT sends an adjustment notification message to a target OLT, wherein the adjustment notification message is used for indicating that an ONU is to be adjusted into a Time-Wavelength Division Multiplexing Channel (TWDM CH) of the target OLT; and the source OLT receives an adjustment acknowledgement message provided by the target OLT, wherein the adjustment acknowledgement message is used for indicating that an adjustment process of the ONU has been completed. By means of the technical solution provided in the disclosure, an ONU of a source OLT can still work normally after being switched to a channel of a target OLT, thereby achieving the effect that the continuity of a service between the OLT and the ONU may be maintained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Dezhi ZHANG, Liquan YUAN, Weiliang ZHANG, Dan GENG
  • Publication number: 20160344472
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and device for channel switching, an Optical Network Unit (ONU) and a system for Time Wavelength Division Multiplexing (TWDM). The method for channel switching includes that: an ONU acquires channel information of a first TWDM channel, wherein the channel information of the first TWDM channel is used for indicating an uplink wavelength and/or downlink wavelength of the first TWDM channel; and the ONU tunes the uplink wavelength and/or downlink wavelength of the ONU into the uplink wavelength and/or downlink wavelength of the first TWDM channel according to the channel information of the first TWDM channel. By means of the present disclosure, the problem of high cost caused by specially building a standby channel for each TWDM channel in a system for TWDM Passive Optical Network (PON) to provide service protection is solved, and the cost of deploying the TWDM PON system is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: DAN GENG, WEILIANG ZHANG, LIQUAN YUAN, DEZHI ZHANG
  • Patent number: 9363013
    Abstract: Techniques, apparatus and systems are described for an optical line terminal (OLT) operable in a passive optical network (PON) system to isolate and mitigate the behavior of a rogue optical network unit (ONU) that transmits optical power up the optical distribution network (ODN). In one aspect, a method of mitigating the behavior of rogue ONUs can include detecting the presence of a rogue ONU on the PON system, and transmitting, based on the detection, a message addressed exclusively to the ONUs that have not yet been discovered or identified by the OLT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Denis Andreyevich Khotimsky, Liquan Yuan, Dezhi Zhang
  • Patent number: 9306700
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and device for transmitting optical signals. The method comprises: if there is Raman crosstalk between a first optical network system and a coexistence system, an upstream wavelength band of the first optical network system is set outside a range with an upstream wavelength band of the coexistence system being a center and with an impact intensity of the Raman crosstalk being a radius, and a downstream wavelength band of the first optical network system is set outside a range with the downstream wavelength band of the coexistence system being a center and with the impact intensity of the Raman crosstalk being a radius; and optical signals are transmitted by using the upstream wavelength band of the first optical network system and the downstream wavelength band of the first optical network system. The disclosure can avoid interference and improve signal quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Songlin Zhu, Dan Geng, Zian He, Weiliang Zhang, Yongjia Yin, Yong Guo, Xingang Huang, Dezhi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20160087748
    Abstract: A method of Noisy Window and associated management messages to support set splitting if activating ONUs with uncalibrated transmitter, offering a power grant for unmodulated upstream transmission, measuring the average received optical power in all upstream wavelength channels and providing downstream indication of the upstream activation in the optical communication network wavelength channel with abnormally high average received power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Denis Andreyevich Khotimsky, SongLin Zhu, DeZhi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20160080105
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for self-calibration of an ONU receiver in a multi-wavelength PON system, said method including the initial physical layer scan of the receiver tuning range, distributed estimation of the down-stream wavelength channel drift with respect to the nominal standard-based wavelengths, and reporting the estimated downstream wavelength channel drift in the downstream Channel_Map message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Denis Andreyevich KHOTIMSKY, DeZhi ZHANG, ChangLei LI
  • Publication number: 20160006608
    Abstract: A multi-wavelength passive optical network (MW-PON) includes an optical distribution network (ODN), a plurality of optical line terminations (OLTs) and an optical network unit (ONU). The ODN includes a trunk fiber, one or more branching elements, and a plurality of distribution fibers. Each OLT is associated with an individual bi-directional wavelength channel using a corresponding single downstream wavelength and a corresponding single upstream wavelength, and supporting a specific downstream line rate and one or more distinct upstream line rates. The ONU is communicatively coupled to a respective distribution fiber, being tunable over a specific range of downstream wavelengths and a specific range of upstream wavelengths, and supporting a specific downstream line rate and a specific upstream line rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Denis Andreyevich Khotimsky, Dan Geng, DeZhi Zhang, LiQuan Yuan
  • Publication number: 20150381270
    Abstract: Provided are a method and device for configuring an OTDR test parameter set. The above-mentioned method comprises: an FMS acquiring related information about an ODN according to a test result fed back by an OTDR; and the FMS configuring a test parameter set required for one or more subsequent OTDR tests according to the related information. According to the technical solution provided in the disclosure, the test parameter set required for initiating an OTDR test can be accurately acquired.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaojing JIN, Dezhi ZHANG
  • Patent number: 9167323
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method for quickly updating ranging results of optical network units by an optical line terminal. The method comprises the following steps: an Optical Line Terminal (OLT) distributes an acquired ranging difference to all the Optical Network Units (ONUs); and the current ONU implements quick updating of the ranging result of the current ONU itself according to the acquired ranging difference. The disclosure also provides a system for quickly updating ranging results of ONUs by an OLT, wherein a distributing unit in the OLT is used for distributing an acquired ranging difference to all the ONUs; an updating unit in the ONU is used for implementing quick updating of ranging result of the current ONU itself according to the acquired ranging difference. the method and system of the disclosure can save the quantity of messages, enable quick switching in protection status, thus implementing protection switching efficiently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dezhi Zhang, Weiliang Zhang, Liquan Yuan
  • Publication number: 20150288456
    Abstract: Provided are transmitting, receiving and communication systems of an optical network and a method for modulating a signal. The transmitting system includes: first Passive Optical Network (PON) equipment, configured to output a binary digital signal; and an M-order digital modulator, configured to modulate the binary digital signal into an M-order digital signal, and output the M-order digital signal, wherein each transmission symbol in the M-order digital signal carries information of N=log2M bits, where N is a natural number greater than 1 and M is a natural number. By the disclosure, the problems in the related art is solved, the bandwidths required by transmission are further reduced, and the actual cost of the optical transceiver modules is lowered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Songlin Zhu, Yong Guo, Yongjia Yin, Yang Gao, Guanjun Zeng, Dezhi Zhang, Weifeng Tong
  • Publication number: 20150288480
    Abstract: Techniques, apparatus and systems are described for accommodating the optical network units (ONUs) having different nominal upstream bitrates on the same passive optical network (PON) system by making the specified burst preamble and the bandwidth map allocation record format invariant with respect to the nominal upstream bitrate of a target ONU. The disclosed techniques, apparatus and systems allow seamless evolution of the lower-bitrate services to higher-bitrate services offered to an end-user without need to upgrade the central office equipment. In addition they can avoid the adverse consequences of inadvertently connecting a high-upstream-bitrate ONU to a lower-upstream-bitrate network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Denis Andreyevich Khotimsky, Liquan Yuan, Dezhi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20150222440
    Abstract: Techniques for unified optical network unit power management in a passive optical network include operating an optical network unit (ONU) in a first state in which a transmitter of the ONU is turned off and a receiver of the ONU is turned on, operating the ONU in a second state in which both the transmitter and the receiver are turned off, and transitioning the ONU directly between the first state and the second state, based on a power management rule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Denis Andreyevich Khotimsky, LiQuan Yuan, DeZhi Zhang
  • Patent number: 9084034
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a method and system for realizing power saving mechanism management between an Optical Network Unit (ONU) and an Optical Line Terminal (OLT). The method includes: passing power saving information between the ONU and the OLT through an extended Operation Administration and Maintenance (OAM) frame; closing/opening an optical module of the ONU based on the obtained power saving information. With the method of the disclosure, the optical module is closed in time when the optical module of the ONU is not needed, thus reducing power consumption of the ONU, and enabling interaction between the ONU and the OLT to meet the requirement for power saving and emission reduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dezhi Zhang, Yuanling He, Meiyan Zang, Liquan Yuan
  • Publication number: 20150172047
    Abstract: Provided is a network equipment and an authentication and key management method for the same. The network equipment generates a Network Key (NK); the network equipment performs authentication protocol interaction with opposite communication equipment, and calculates a Basic Session Key (BSK) according to parameters for the authentication protocol interaction and the NK; and the network equipment calculates link Encryption Keys (EKs) used respectively for Media Access Control (MAC) and Physical (PHY) layers using various access technologies according to the BSK, and provides the EKs for respective MAC and PHY layer function modules. With the disclosure, the legality of the equipment is verified by performing an authentication process on the heterogeneous network equipments in one pass, and keys in various MAC layer technologies are managed in a unified way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Qiongwen Liang, Weiliang Zhang, Lin Wang, Junjian Zhang, Dezhi Zhang, Boshan Zhang
  • Patent number: 9049498
    Abstract: Techniques for realizing interactive information through multimedia are described to solve the problem in the prior art that a server can-not be accessed directly through a multimedia advertisement in multimedia. One embodiment of the techniques includes: a user terminal configured to parse and play the multimedia file to obtain the interactive information in the multimedia file. The user terminal accesses the server upon the trigger of the interactive information by the user. The techniques can be used to access the server through the interactive information in multimedia, and enables the transaction with the server more convenient and quickly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Inventors: Wenping Zhang, Xiang Gao, Dezhi Zhang
  • Patent number: 9030924
    Abstract: The present application provides a method for time division multiplex service protection. The method includes: on an OLT in a passive optical network, a working uplink port and a protection uplink port are set for a time division multiplex service and a protection group is created for the working uplink port and the protection uplink port; when a service flow protection for the time division multiplex service is triggered, the time division multiplex service flow is switched from the working uplink port to the protection uplink port, therefore realizing the protection for the time division multiplex service flow. The present application provides an uplink channel protection mechanism for important services in an access system, such as the time division multiplex service, which needs no protection switching protocol, and makes the service recovery time stand within 50 ms, thereby realizing fast and nondestructive recovery of the time division multiplex service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Ruichun Dai, Dezhi Zhang
  • Patent number: 8989580
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a long-distance box and a method for processing uplink light and downlink light of the long-distance box, uplink light and downlink light from different Passive Optical Network (PON) systems are split, the uplink light from the different PON systems is transmitted through a first optical path, and the downlink light from the different PON systems is transmitted through a second optical path; wherein the uplink light from the different PON systems is amplified by an Optical Amplifier (OA) and then output to Optical Line Terminals (OLT) of respective systems; the downlink light from different PON systems with the different wavelengths is transmitted through different optical sub-paths of the second optical path according to the wavelengths of the downlink light, and the downlink light is amplified by different Optical-Electrical-Optical (OEO) conversion devices on the different optical sub-paths and then output to Optical Network Units (ONUs) of the respective systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Jidong Xu, Dezhi Zhang
  • Patent number: 8942378
    Abstract: A method for encrypting multicast services in a passive optical network system is provided in the present invention, and the method includes: an Optical Line Terminal (OLT) generating a public key, and using the public key to encrypt the multicast service data in a bearer channel and then transmitting the encrypted data, the multicast service data in the same one bearer channel being encrypted using the same public key; and said OLT sending the public key ,which is used to encrypt the multicast service data, via a management control channel to an Optical Network Unit (ONU) which is activated successfully and requests to receive said multicast service data. A device for encrypting multicast services in a passive optical network system is also provided in the present invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Dezhi Zhang, Liquan Yuan