Abstract: The present disclosure relates to operation, administration and maintenance (OAM) data transmission methods and apparatuses. One example method includes obtaining, by a first node, a first data flow of a client. The first node inserts an OAM data block in the first data flow of the client to obtain a second data flow of the client, where the OAM data block is a 64B/66B code block that carries OAM data. The first node distributes the second data flow of the client to at least one slot of a channel corresponding to the client.

Abstract: A method includes receiving, by a receiving device from a transport network, a code block stream that is in a first rate mode and that includes a plurality of code blocks, determining a target code block from the code block stream, where the target code block is a code block received by the receiving device in an inter-packet gap of the code block stream, the target code block includes a first target code block, and the first target code block is a code block of a data type, and/or the target code block includes a second target code block, and the second target code block is a code block of a termination type, and modifying the target code block to modify the target code block to a code block, of an ordered set type, that is in a second rate mode.

Abstract: Communication methods, apparatuses, systems, and storage media are provided, to implement communication between a port and another port supporting both a flexible Ethernet protocol and a standard Ethernet protocol. In an example, a port of a first device supports a flexible Ethernet protocol and a standard Ethernet protocol, and a protocol type supported by a port of a second device includes the flexible Ethernet protocol and/or the standard Ethernet protocol. The first device obtains the protocol type supported by the port of the second device, determines a target protocol type based on the protocol type supported by the port of the second device and a protocol type supported by the port of the first device, and communicates with the second device based on the target protocol type. The target protocol type includes the flexible Ethernet protocol or the standard Ethernet protocol.

Abstract: A method for determining a transmission slot includes determining, by a target device, a sending slot based on a receiving slot and a latency correction parameter, or determining, by the target device, a receiving slot based on a sending slot and a latency correction parameter.

Abstract: A communication method includes, when a rate adaptation or a frequency offset adjustment is performed on a first block sequence, a quantity of first preset blocks that are added or deleted is one of one or more preset values. In this way, a receive end may determine, based on whether the quantity of first preset blocks in the received first block sequence is a preset value, whether an exception occurs in the first preset block during transmission. Based on this, a false packet can be accepted as a correct packet less frequently, thereby improving a mean time to false packet acceptance (MTTFPA) indicator.

Abstract: A communication method and device, and a chip system adjust, by adjusting a quantity of slot resources included in a multiframe, a bandwidth resource corresponding to one multiframe. A first communication device sends a first request message. The first request message is used to request to adjust a quantity of basic frames in a multiframe included in a first block sequence. The first communication device multiplexes, based on S1 slot resources corresponding to the adjusted multiframe in the first block sequence, Q1 first block sequences corresponding to a slot resource in the S1 slot resources, to obtain and send the first block sequence.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to communication methods, communications devices, and storage medium. In one example method, a port of a first device supports a flexible Ethernet protocol and a standard Ethernet protocol, and a protocol type supported by a port of a second device includes at least one of the flexible Ethernet protocol or the standard Ethernet protocol. The first device obtains the protocol type supported by the port of the second device, determines a target protocol type based on the protocol type supported by the port of the second device and a protocol type supported by the port of the first device, and communicates with the second device based on the target protocol type. The target protocol type includes the flexible Ethernet protocol or the standard Ethernet protocol.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to operation, administration and maintenance (OAM) data transmission methods and apparatuses. One example method includes obtaining, by a first node, a first data flow of a client. The first node inserts an OAM data block in the first data flow of the client to obtain a second data flow of the client, where the OAM data block is a 64B/66B code block that carries OAM data. The first node distributes the second data flow of the client to at least one slot of a channel corresponding to the client.

Abstract: This application discloses a code block identification method and related apparatus. The method includes: obtaining a code block stream, where the code block stream includes a first code block; determining a to-be-identified bit pattern and comparing the to-be-identified bit pattern with a template bit pattern to obtain a quantity of inconsistent bits; and identifying the first code block as a first boundary code block when the quantity of inconsistent bits is less than or equal to a first threshold. The to-be-identified bit pattern includes a first bit pattern and corresponds to the first code block. The template bit pattern includes a first template bit pattern and corresponds to the first boundary code block.

Abstract: A transmission rate adjustment method and a network device, the method including obtaining, by a network device, a target data stream, where the target data stream includes a first data packet, and where the first data packet includes at least two non-idle units, and inserting or deleting a padding unit between two non-idle units of the at least two non-idle units, in response to bandwidth adjustment needing to be performed, and according to a value of the bandwidth adjustment that needs to be performed, where the padding unit provides adaption to a difference between a bandwidth of an upstream transmission channel of the network device and a bandwidth of a downstream transmission channel of the network device.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to operation, administration and maintenance (OAM) data transmission methods and apparatus. One example method includes obtaining a first data flow of a client, inserting an OAM data block in the first data flow of the client to obtain a second data flow of the client, where the OAM data block is a 64B/66B code block that carries OAM data, and distributing the second data flow of the client to at least one slot of a channel corresponding to the client.

Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a communication method, a communications device, and a storage medium, to process an invalid block in a data stream. In embodiments of this application, N first block streams are obtained, where N is a positive integer. When there is an invalid block in the N first block streams, the invalid block in the N first block streams is converted into a target block, to obtain a to-be-sent block stream. Then, the to-be-sent block stream is sent. Because the invalid block in the block stream is checked and converted into the target block, an error that occurs in service data at a receive end and that is caused by the invalid block can be reduced.

Abstract: A first node communicates with a second node by using a first channel, and the first channel includes N slots. The first node sends first information to the second node, where the first information is used to request to change a correspondence between a first slot in the first channel and a first service, and where the first information includes an identifier of the first service and an identifier of the first slot. The first node receives second information from the second node, where the second information is used to indicate to acknowledge or reject the request in the first information.

Abstract: This application discloses a bit error indication method for a service stream and a communication apparatus, so that when a quantity of bit errors that is counted inside a device exceeds a preset threshold, it can be ensured that the device continues to work normally. The method includes: A network device receives a first signal stream from a first node by using N slots of a first bonding group, determines a first check value based on a first check code in the first signal stream, determines a second check value based on the first check value and a current check value, and sends a second signal stream to a second node by using M slots of the first bonding group. The second signal stream includes a target check value determined based on the second check value.

Abstract: The technology of this application relates to a rate adaptation method and apparatus. The method includes, when a rate adaptation requirement exists, inserting a rate adaptation code block only between two adjacent code blocks whose code block relationship meets a preset condition, or deleting only a rate adaptation code block between two code blocks whose code block relationship meets a preset condition. In this way, it can be ensured that correctness of parsing a packet by a receive side after the receive side receives the packet is not affected by rate adaptation, and reliability of rate adaptation can be improved.

Abstract: This application provides a data transmission method, a communications apparatus, a network device, a communications system, a storage medium, and a computer program product, to resolve a current problem that bandwidth waste is relatively severe when a service is carried based on a FlexE technology. In this application, a frame structure of a fine-granularity service frame is newly defined, so that service data can be transmitted in a time division multiplexing mode by using an Ethernet (ETH) interface.

Abstract: This application discloses a block group loss determining method and an apparatus. The method includes: A transmit end obtains at least two block groups, and sends the at least two block groups to a receive end. The receive end receives the at least two block groups, obtains a receiving quantity of first block groups between a first boundary block group and a second boundary block group in the at least two code groups, then obtains a target quantity of first block groups between the first boundary block group and the second boundary block group, and determines a quantity of lost block groups based on the receiving quantity and the target quantity.

Abstract: This application provides a data stream processing method and a network element device. The method includes: obtaining, by a first network element device, a first data stream, where the first data stream includes a first data unit and a first data padding unit; and adjusting, by the first network element device, a quantity of second data padding units in the first data stream, where a relative position of the first data unit and the first data padding unit in the first data stream is the same as a relative position of the first data unit and the first data padding unit in a second data stream, and the second data stream is an adjusted first data stream. When adjusting a rate, the first network element device does not add or delete the first data padding unit in the first data stream.

Abstract: A service flow adjustment method and a communication apparatus are provided. Slot adjustment information is carried in a client signal flow sent between nodes, so that times at which all nodes on a network switch slot configuration can be unified, to avoid service damage in a process of adjusting a network transmission bandwidth. The method includes: A first node receives a first client signal flow from a second node by using N slots of a first bundling group; and after first duration starting from a time at which the first node detects slot adjustment information, the first node receives the first client signal flow from the second node by using M slots of the first bundling group.

Abstract: A link group configuration method includes obtaining first status information of M links between a source end device and a receive end device, where the first status information indicates a status of a differential delay between any two of the M links, obtaining first capability information of the receive end device, where the first capability information indicates a first capability of performing differential delay compensation on the M links by the receive end device, grouping N of the M links into a first link group based on the first status information and the first capability information, and sending first configuration information to a second device, where the first configuration information includes information used to indicate the first link group.