Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for indicating a multicast forwarding entry and a device. The method includes: receiving a packet from a first node, wherein the packet comprises a multicast control message and an access loop identifier; obtaining, according to a multicast Internet Protocol (IP) address in the multicast control message, a multicast Media Access Control (MAC) address; obtaining an identifier of a first port according to the access loop identifier, wherein the first port is an egress port, on the multicast path, of the first port; sending a first forwarding entry to the first node, wherein a destination address of the first forwarding entry is the multicast MAC address and egress port information of the first forwarding entry is the identifier of the first port.

Abstract: A message transmission method, an access node, an access controller, and an access system, where in the method, a message is processed by an access controller instead of an access node such that the access node does not need to support a relay function, reducing operation and maintenance difficulties and costs. In the method, the access controller receives a first message from the access node, and the first message includes a first identifier. The access controller obtains a line identifier according to the first identifier. The access controller obtains a second message according to the line identifier, and the second message includes the line identifier. The access controller sends the second message to a relay server.

Abstract: The present embodiments relate to an information processing method, a network node, an authentication method, and a server. In one embodiment, a method includes generating a virtual access node corresponding to a first access node on a central node in response to determining that no virtual access node corresponding to the first access node currently exists on the central node; obtaining, by the virtual access node on the central node, configuration information related to the first access node; and sending, by the virtual access node to the first access node, the configuration information related to the first access node, after the first access node goes online.

Abstract: A method for configuring a forwarding table for user equipment, an apparatus, and a system, where an operator server receives a service access request of user equipment, establishes a correspondence for the user equipment, and sends the correspondence to an access node (AN) controller. The correspondence includes a media access control (MAC) address of the user equipment and an identifier of an operator to which the user equipment belongs. The AN controller generates a first forwarding table according to the correspondence, and sends the first forwarding table to an AN. The AN forwards, using the first forwarding table, service data of the user equipment to the operator to which the user equipment belongs.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a message transmission method, a relay device, and a message processor, so as to reduce maintenance costs. The method includes: receiving, by a relay device, a downlink message sent by a message processor, where the downlink message includes message content and an address of an ONU; obtaining, by the relay device according to the downlink message, an identifier of the ONU, corresponding to the address of the ONU; and sending, by the relay device, the message content to the ONU according to the identifier of the ONU.

Abstract: This application provides a service flow configuration method. In the method, a control device receives a first DHCP packet sent by a DHCP server, where the first DHCP packet includes an IP address of a server configured to provide a configuration file, an identifier of the configuration file, and an IP address of a user-side terminal. The control device replaces, with an IP address of the control device, the IP address being in the first DHCP packet and being of the server configured to provide the configuration file, and sends the IP address of the control device to the terminal by using a second DHCP packet. The control device receives a first request packet including the identifier of the configuration file. The control device obtains, based on the identifier of the configuration file from the server configured to provide the configuration file, a configuration file corresponding to the terminal.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention discloses a method for access network virtualization and a proxy node, relates to a technical field of communication, and does not need to modify an existing management system when a new type of access network node is added into an original access network. The method of the present invention comprises: a proxy node establishing a relationship mapping table; the proxy node receiving a packet sent by a management system; the proxy node querying the relationship mapping table according to first parameter information to obtain second parameter information; and sending the packet to a remote access node corresponding to the second parameter information according to the second parameter information. The present invention is applicable to a proxy node.

Abstract: A data transmission method includes: receiving, by the PNF SDN controller, a first packet and an access loop identifier that are sent by a first network device; generating, by the PNF SDN controller, a second packet based on the access loop identifier and the first packet; and sending, by the PNF SDN controller, the second packet to the virtualized network function software-defined networking VNF SDN controller, so that the VNF SDN controller sends the second packet to a second network device, where the second packet is used to request the second network device to assign an IP address or IP address prefix to user equipment.

Abstract: A bandwidth scheduling method. The method includes a bandwidth allocation apparatus receives a bandwidth request message sent by a message conversion apparatus, where the bandwidth request message includes a bandwidth requirement, and the bandwidth requirement is a bandwidth required by a user-side apparatus for completing transmission of a service. The bandwidth allocation apparatus calculates first bandwidth grant information and second bandwidth grant information based on the bandwidth requirement, where the first bandwidth grant information is information about a bandwidth that is allocated to the user-side device, and the second bandwidth grant information is information about a bandwidth that is allocated to a second access device. The bandwidth allocation apparatus sends the first bandwidth grant information to the user-side device, and the bandwidth allocation apparatus sends the second bandwidth grant information to the second access device by using a first access device.

Abstract: This application provides a packet processing method, which helps resolve a problem that a network node between a user terminal and a DHCP server is relatively complex. In the method, a network node of an access network receives a first packet sent by a user terminal, where the first packet is used to request an Internet Protocol IP address from a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP server and the network node obtains a second packet, where the second packet includes the first packet, information about a port, and a Media Access Control MAC address of the user terminal, the port is a port through which the network node receives the first packet, and the second packet is a packet except a DHCP packet. Additionally the network node sends the second packet to a controller.

Abstract: The present embodiments relate to an information processing method, a network node, an authentication method, and a server. In one embodiment, a method includes generating a virtual access node corresponding to a first access node on a central node in response to determining that no virtual access node corresponding to the first access node currently exists on the central node; obtaining, by the virtual access node on the central node, configuration information related to the first access node; and sending, by the virtual access node to the first access node, the configuration information related to the first access node, after the first access node goes online.

Abstract: Embodiments of a method for establishing a virtual access node in an optical access network and a device are disclosed. An identifier of a virtual line corresponding to a physical line is obtained by an access device in a first network after receiving a first message from a user equipment. The physical line is a physical line between the user equipment and a physical access node AN in the first network. The virtual line is a logical line between the user equipment and a virtual AN. Configuration information is obtained by the access device from a configuration server in a second network according to the identifier of the virtual line. The configuration information is used to create the virtual AN. The virtual AN is created by the access device according to the configuration information.

Abstract: This application provides a message processing method, an access controller, and a network node. The method includes: an access controller receives a first message used to obtain Internet Protocol (IP) address information for a user-side device and a first access loop identifier of a first network node, where the first message and the first access loop identifier are sent by the first network node, the first access loop identifier is not carried in the first message; the access controller obtains an authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA) message according to the first access loop identifier, wherein the AAA message comprises the first access loop identifier; and the access controller sends the AAA message to an AAA server.

Abstract: This application provides a packet processing method, which helps resolve a problem that a network node between a user terminal and a DHCP server is relatively complex. In the method, a network node of an access network receives a first packet sent by a user terminal, where the first packet is used to request an Internet Protocol IP address from a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP server and the network node obtains a second packet, where the second packet includes the first packet, information about a port, and a Media Access Control MAC address of the user terminal, the port is a port through which the network node receives the first packet, and the second packet is a packet except a DHCP packet. Additionally the network node sends the second packet to a controller.

Abstract: The present embodiments relate to an information processing method, a network node, an authentication method, and a server. In the information processing method provided in the embodiments, a central node determines that a first access node goes online, a virtual access node on the central node obtains configuration information related to the first access node, and after the first access node goes online, the virtual access node sends the configuration information related to the first access node to the first access node.

Abstract: This application discloses an authentication method for accessing a network, an authentication device, and a user device. The method includes: an authentication device receives an authentication response message sent by user device, where the authentication response message includes first data, and the first data is data obtained by the user device based on biometric feature data of a target user. The authentication device obtains second data from a server, where the second data is data obtained by the server based on biometric feature data of a user, and generates indication information when the first data is the same as the second data, where the indication information is used to indicate that the user device is authenticated. The authentication device sends the indication information to the user device.

Abstract: This application provides a message processing method, an access controller, and a network node. In some aspects, an access controller receives a first message used to obtain Internet Protocol (IP) address information for a user-side device and a first access loop identifier of a first network node, where the first message and the first access loop identifier are sent by the first network node, the first access loop identifier is not carried in the first message. The access controller obtains an authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA) message according to the first access loop identifier, wherein the AAA message comprises the first access loop identifier. The access controller sends the AAA message to an AAA server.

Abstract: This application provides a method for processing a packet in an access network. The method includes: receiving, by an access device, a layer 2 protocol packet sent by a central device, where a destination address of the layer 2 protocol packet is a MAC address of the access device; obtaining, flow table information according to the layer 2 protocol packet, and generating a flow table entry, where the flow table entry includes a match field and an instruction; receiving a service packet; and determining a matching flow table entry according to the service packet, and when the matching flow table entry is the generated flow table entry, processing the service packet according to the instruction in the generated flow table entry. According to the technical solution, the access device can obtain the flow table information from the central device without the need of configuring a public IP address.

Abstract: This application provides a user equipment management method and a device, to help reduce complexity of operation and maintenance. The method includes: obtaining, by a gateway device, identifiers IDs of N user equipments and information about a first service, where the N user equipments are terminals configured to implement the first service, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 1; obtaining, by the gateway device, an ID of a logical device based on the information about the first service, where the logical device is a set of logical elements that are in the gateway device and that are configured to implement the first service; and binding, by the gateway device, the ID of the logical device and the IDs of the N user equipments.

Abstract: Embodiments provide a method and a device for processing network uplink and downlink data, where the method includes a central node device and a remote node device. The central node device is an edge device of a backbone network, and the remote node device is an edge device of a user network. The method includes: performing, by the central node device, downlink digital signal processing on a first data frame received from a network side to obtain a downlink to-be-sent data frame, and sending, the downlink to-be-sent data frame to the remote node device.