Abstract: A service mapping processing method for an optical transport network, an apparatus, and a system are provided, where the method includes: generating mapping adaptation indication information according to a mapping granularity of a to-be-carried LO ODU, where the mapping granularity is M×g bytes, M is a quantity of timeslots occupied by the to-be-carried LO ODU in an OPUCn, g is a size of a mapping granularity corresponding to each timeslot of the timeslots occupied by the LO ODU, and g is a positive integer greater than 1; mapping, according to the mapping adaptation indication information, the to-be-carried LO ODU to an ODTUCn.M payload area; encapsulating the mapping adaptation indication information into the ODTUCn.M overhead area; encapsulating the ODTUCn.M into an OTUCn; and sending the OTUCn to a receive end device. The method avoids that OTUCns that use different mapping granularities cannot interwork between a receive end and a transmit end.

Abstract: A hitless multi-carrier spectrum migration method and apparatus are disclosed. The method includes: obtaining a spectrum of a secondary carrier and a to-be-migrated carrier in a target carrier group from a network management system, and generating the secondary carrier according to the spectrum of the secondary carrier; sending a migration notification to a peer network device, and performing answer response to the migration notification from the peer network device, where the answer response is used to determine that network devices at both ends can perform spectrum migration; sending migration signaling to the peer network device; and receiving the migration signaling sent by the peer network device, and migrating, according to the migration signaling, overhead information and a service that are borne on the to-be-migrated carrier in the target carrier group to the secondary carrier.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving a client signal in an optical transport network. In the transmission method, a received client signal is mapped into a variable-rate container OTU-N, wherein a rate of the OTU-N is N times as high as a preset reference rate; and then, the variable-rate container OTU-N is split into N optical sub-channel transport units OTUsubs by column, where a rate of each OTUsub equals to the reference rate; next, the N optical sub-channel transport units OTUsubs are modulated onto one or more optical carriers; at last, the one or more optical carriers is transmitted through a fiber.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving a client signal in an optical transport network. In the transmission method, a received client signal is mapped into a variable-rate container OTU-N, wherein a rate of the OTU-N is N times as high as a preset reference rate; and then, the variable-rate container OTU-N is split into N optical sub-channel transport units OTUsubs by column, where a rate of each OTUsub equals to the reference rate; next, the N optical sub-channel transport units OTUsubs are modulated onto one or more optical carriers; at last, the one or more optical carriers is transmitted through a fiber.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for allocating optical spectrum bandwidth resources. The method includes: first determine bandwidth of an OTUbase according to optical-layer frequency grid bandwidth and carrier spectrum efficiency; then construct an HO OTUflex according to bandwidth of customer service data and the bandwidth of the OTUbase, bandwidth of the HO OTUflex is a first integer multiple of the bandwidth of the OTUbase; map the customer service data into a payload area of the HO OTUflex and encapsulate overhead information; at last, modulate the HO OTUflex that carries the customer service data to a second integer number of optical channel carriers. The embodiments of the present invention apply to a scenario where customer service data is transported.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving a client signal, and relate to the field of communications technologies. The method includes mapping the client signal into channels of a parallel transmission frame, where the parallel transmission frame includes at least two channels; adding an overhead for the channels of the parallel transmission frame after the mapping, to form transmission channels of the parallel transmission frame, where bit rates of the transmission channels of the parallel transmission frame are fixed; and modulating the transmission channels of the parallel transmission frame onto one or more optical carriers in a same optical fiber, and transmitting the optical carrier after the modulation.

Abstract: A method and a device for realizing an optical channel data unit (ODU) shared protection ring (SPRing) are disclosed. The method includes: first, receive an ODUj, wherein the ODUj carries an ODUi; then, perform de-multiplexing processing to obtain the ODUi from the ODUj; next, multiplex the ODUi to an optical channel data unit k (ODUk); meanwhile, keep monitoring the ODUk; and when the monitoring result that is obtained through monitoring the ODUk indicates that a failure has occurred, perform a switching on the ODUi; wherein i, j, k are integers equal to or larger than 0, k is larger than j, j is larger than i, and i, j, k are used to indicate different rates of respective optical channel data unit (ODU) signals.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving a client signal, and relate to the field of communications technologies. The method includes: mapping the client signal into channels of a parallel transmission frame, where the parallel transmission frame includes at least two channels; adding an overhead for the channels of the parallel transmission frame after the mapping, to form transmission channels of the parallel transmission frame, where bit rates of the transmission channels of the parallel transmission frame are fixed; and modulating the transmission channels of the parallel transmission frame onto one or more optical carriers in a same optical fiber, and transmitting the optical carrier after the modulation.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention disclose methods and apparatuses for mapping processing and de-mapping processing in an optical transport network. a Low Order Optical Channel Data Unit (LO ODU) signal is mapped into a payload area of an Optical Channel Data Tributary (ODTU) signal in units of M bytes. M is equal to the number of time slots of a High Order Optical Channel Payload Unit (HO OPU) that are to be occupied by the ODTU signal, and M is an integer larger than 1. Overhead information is encapsulated to an overhead area of the ODTU signal. Thereafter, the ODTU signal is multiplexed into the HO OPU. In this way, an efficient and universal mode for mapping the LO ODU to the HO OPU is provided.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a data migration method and a communications node. The method includes: determining, by a first node in an OPUCn signal, a second tributary slot corresponding to a first tributary slot, where the second tributary slot is an idle tributary slot; and migrating, by the first node, a first low-order ODU service from the first tributary slot to the second tributary slot. In the embodiments of the present invention, by migrating, in an OPUCn signal, a first low-order ODU service of a first tributary slot to an idle second tributary slot, the existence of tributary slot fragments can be avoided, thereby improving utilization of network bandwidth resources.

Abstract: A method and a device for realizing an optical channel data unit (ODU) shared protection ring (SPRing) are disclosed by the present invention. The method includes: first, receive an ODUj, wherein the ODUj carries an ODUi; then, perform de-multiplexing processing to obtain the ODUi from the ODUj; next, multiplex the ODUi to an optical channel data unit k (ODUk); meanwhile, keep monitoring the ODUk; and when the monitoring result that is obtained through monitoring the ODUk indicates that a failure has occurred, perform a switching on the ODUi; wherein i, j, k are integers equal to or larger than 0, k is larger than j, j is larger than i, and i, j, k are used to indicate different rates of respective optical channel data unit (ODU) signals.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention disclose methods and apparatuses for mapping processing and de-mapping processing in an optical transport network. A Lower Order Optical Channel Data Unit (LO ODU) signal is mapped into a payload area of an Optical Channel Data Tributary (ODTU) signal in units of M bytes. M is equal to the number of tributary slots of a Higher Order Optical Channel Payload Unit (HO OPU) that are to be occupied by the ODTU signal, and M is an integer larger than 1. Overhead information is encapsulated to an overhead area of the ODTU signal. Thereafter, the ODTU signal is multiplexed into the HO OPU. In this way, an efficient and universal mode for mapping the LO ODU to the HO OPU is provided.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of communications technologies, and disclose a lossless adjustment method of ODUflex channel bandwidth and an ODUflex channel. The lossless adjustment method includes: respectively adjusting, according to bandwidth adjustment indication request information, a time slot occupied by an ODUflex frame in a higher order optical channel data unit at an egress side of each network node on an ODUflex channel; and adjusting, according to rate adjustment indication information, a transmission rate of the ODUflex frame of each network node on the ODUflex channel, to enable the transmission rate of each network node on the ODUflex channel to be unified.

Abstract: A hitless multi-carrier spectrum migration method and apparatus are disclosed. The method includes: obtaining a spectrum of a secondary carrier and a to-be-migrated carrier in a target carrier group from a network management system, and generating the secondary carrier according to the spectrum of the secondary carrier; sending a migration notification to a peer network device, and performing answer response to the migration notification from the peer network device, where the answer response is used to determine that network devices at both ends can perform spectrum migration; sending migration signaling to the peer network device; and receiving the migration signaling sent by the peer network device, and migrating, according to the migration signaling, overhead information and a service that are borne on the to-be-migrated carrier in the target carrier group to the secondary carrier.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method, which including: determining, by a first node, an adjustment requirement for a line interface rate; and according to the adjustment requirement for the line interface rate, adjusting, by the first node, a transport bandwidth of an optical channel (OCh) link, adjusting the number of optical channel transport lanes (OTLs) in an optical channel transport unit (OTUCn) link, and adjusting the number of optical channel data lanes (ODLs) in an optical channel data unit (ODUCn) link, where the OTL is in one-to-one correspondence with the ODL. In embodiments of the present invention, according to an adjustment requirement for a line interface rate, a transport bandwidth of an OCh link is adjusted, the number of OTLs in an OTUCn link is adjusted, and the number of ODLs in an ODUCn link is adjusted, so that the line interface rate can be dynamically adjusted.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method, apparatus and system for transmitting and receiving a client signal. A client signal is mapped to a low-order ODU via a GFP scheme, wherein the low-order ODU is sized to M equal sized timeslots of a high-order OPUk, wherein the high-order OPUk is divided into N equal sized timeslots, wherein M is any one of a group from 1 to N; wherein if k=2, then N=8, if k=3, then N=32 and if k=4, then N=80. The low-order ODU with the client signal is mapped to M equal sized timeslots of the high-order OPUk via a GMP scheme; and an OTU with the high-order OPUk and overheads is formed, and then the OTU is transmitted.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present application relate to the field of communications technologies, and disclose a method for adjusting bandwidth of a flexible Optical channel Data Unit (ODUflex) channel. The method includes: respectively adjusting, according to a bandwidth adjustment indication message, a quantity of time slots occupied by an ODUflex frame in a higher order optical channel data unit (HO ODU) at an egress side of each network node on an ODUflex channel; and adjusting, according to a rate adjustment indication message, a transmission rate of the ODUflex frame of each network node on the ODUflex channel, so as to unify the transmission rate of each network node on the ODUflex channel.

Abstract: A method and a device for realizing an optical channel data unit (ODU) shared protection ring (SPRing) are disclosed by the present invention. The method includes: first, receive an ODUj, wherein the ODUj carries an ODUi; then, perform de-multiplexing processing to obtain the ODUi from the ODUj; next, multiplex the ODUi to an optical channel data unit k (ODUk); meanwhile, keep monitoring the ODUk; and when the monitoring result that is obtained through monitoring the ODUk indicates that a failure has occurred, perform a switching on the ODUi; wherein i, j, k are integers equal to or larger than 0, k is larger than j, j is larger than i, and i, j, k are used to indicate different rates of respective optical channel data unit (ODU) signals.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate a method, an apparatus, and a system for assigning a tributary port number. The method includes: receiving a service path request message including a service type for establishing a service path used to bear a Lower Order ODU service; determining an OTU link; determining a free tributary slot resource in the OTU link; if a MSI bytes in the OTU link indicates a service type, assigning a tributary port number other than tributary port numbers used by Lower Order ODU services having the same type as the Lower Order ODU service in the OTU link; or if the MSI bytes in the OTU link does not indicate a service type, assigning a tributary port number other than tributary port numbers used by all types of Lower Order ODU services in the OTU link; and sending a service path acknowledgment message to the neighboring node.

Abstract: A method and a device for realizing an optical channel data unit (ODU) shared protection ring (SPRing) are disclosed by the present invention. The method includes: A first ODU of a first service transmitted in an optical line is taken as a protection granularity, where the first ODU is an ODUk that is directly multiplexed to the optical line; the first ODU is monitored, and a monitoring result is obtained; when the monitoring result indicates that a failure occurs, a switching is performed through cross of a second ODU of the first service, where the second ODU is an ODUm that is multiplexed to the first ODU, and m is smaller than or equal to k. Through the embodiments of the present invention, a protection switching speed may be accelerated.