Abstract: A network access method, an authentication method, a communications system, and relevant devices are provided. The authentication method includes: receiving a request message sent from an Access Node (AN), wherein the request message carries subscriber line information and a Link-Local Address (LLA); sending an access request to an Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) server according to the subscriber line information; receiving an authentication result indicating the authentication is successful; determining whether an address matching the LLA carried in the request has been stored in the BNG; and storing the LLA in the BNG, if the address matching the LLA is not stored in the BNG.

Abstract: A network access method, an authentication method, a communications system, and relevant devices are provided to support implicit authentication based on subscriber line information in Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6). The authentication method includes: receiving a request message sent from an Access Node (AN), wherein the request message carries subscriber line information and a Link-Local Address (LLA); sending an access request to an Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) server according to the subscriber line information; receiving an authentication result indicating the authentication is successful; determining whether an address matching the LLA carried in the request has been stored in the BNG; and storing the LLA in the BNG, if the address matching the LLA is not stored in the BNG.

Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method, device, and system for processing an IPv6 packet, and relates to the field of Internet technologies. According to the present disclosure, a secure access, authentication, and authorization can be ensured in an IPv6 network, and different IPv6 address prefixes are allocated to different terminals. Therefore, normal routing in the network is ensured. A method for processing an IPv6 packet provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: an access node adds access line information to an IPv6 packet; and forwards the IPv6 packet that is added with the access line information to an IP edge node. The present disclosure is applicable to a scenario of processing a packet in an IPv6 network.

Abstract: A method for forwarding data in a layer-2 network is provided. A first node receives a first data packet including a customer destination MAC address and customer data; generates a second data packet including a source virtual MAC address, a destination virtual MAC address and at least part of the first data packet. The at least part of the first data packet includes the customer destination MAC address and the customer data. The source virtual MAC address is a virtual MAC address assigned to the first node, and the destination virtual MAC address corresponds to the customer destination MAC address. The virtual MAC address assigned to the first node includes a first virtual MAC address segment with a first mask, which indicates a virtual MAC address space including virtual MAC addresses of child nodes of the first node. Then the first node forwards the second data packet.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an access system and a communication method for an optical fiber network. A virtual ONU located on a user side is established, and an ONU control plane function, a PON MAC function, and a QoS function on an existing ONU is moved downwards to a virtual ONU. After the forgoing function modules are removed from the existing ONU, the existing ONU becomes an ONU physical converter and only has a function of converting the PON physical layer frame and the first user side physical layer frame.

Abstract: A method for allocating uplink and downlink bandwidth, includes: receiving, by a primary ONU, a primary PON downlink frame sent by a nested OLT, where the primary PON downlink frame carries a primary ONU uplink bandwidth grant and a secondary ONU uplink bandwidth grant; parsing, by the primary ONU, the primary PON downlink frame to acquire the primary ONU uplink bandwidth grant and the secondary ONU uplink bandwidth grant; and sending, by the primary ONU, a secondary PON downlink frame to a secondary ONU, where the secondary PON downlink frame carries the acquired secondary ONU uplink bandwidth grant. The present disclosure achieves an optimal overall performance for the two stages of PONs by considering general conditions of the two stages of PONs, and meanwhile ensures a maximum available bandwidth for the two stages of PONs during formulation of bandwidth grants.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and device for a load balance. The device comprises: a selecting module, configured to select, according to a load state and fault state of each network edge node in a network edge node pool of an access network, a network edge node having the capacity of bearing a load to serve a user equipment from the network edge node pool when a message including information indicating that the user equipment intends to access a network is received; and a sending module, configured to send a message for indicating the selected network edge node to serve the user equipment to the selected network edge node. The method and device of the present invention can improve a utilization rate of a network edge node and lower the requirement for the capacity of the network edge node.

Abstract: A method and a system for forwarding data in layer-2 network are disclosed. The method includes: configuring a virtual MAC address and a virtual MAC forwarding table for each node in a management domain in a layer-2 network; encapsulating a data packet with a source virtual MAC address and a destination virtual MAC address; and forwarding the data packet by each node on the data forwarding path according to the virtual MAC forwarding table configured for each node. A node and a system for forwarding data in layer-2 network are disclosed as well. The present disclosure frees the number of ESPs reaching a destination device from being limited by the number of designated PBT VIDs. Therefore the number of ESPs arriving at the destination device is expanded actually to 260 tag possibilities in limited network space; furthermore, P2MP and MP2MP connections is achieved, multicast and broadcast connections are supported.

Abstract: A PON ring system and a method for realizing primary and backup link protection in a passive optical network (PON) are provided. A PON ring is established between at least two optical line terminations (OLTs) through at least two user side edge nodes or network side edge nodes. Each of the OLTs is coupled to any other OLT through the at least two edge nodes. Two links respectively in a clockwise direction and a counterclockwise direction exist in the PON ring, in which one link is a primary link and the other is a backup link. Node of the links adopt the transmission mode of “multiple sending and selective receiving”. Therefore, the present invention reduces the impact on the PON caused by single link failure in the network.

Abstract: A joint switching method for an aggregation node, an aggregation node, and an optical network protection system including an aggregation node are provided. By monitoring information transferred between an active optical line terminal (OLT) and a broadband network gateway (BNG), the aggregation node finds a fault in time according to the monitored information and when a fault occurs, the aggregation node starts a local protection solution, enables a corresponding backup port connected to a backup OLT corresponding to the active OLT, and disables an active port connected to the active OLT. Through the method, when the active OLT is switched to the backup OLT, the aggregation node performs joint switching, which ensures normal communication.

Abstract: A method, an apparatus, and an edge node controller for selecting an edge node. The edge node controller receives a service request message including a subscriber identifier; obtains the subscriber identifier in the service request message; queries a first mapping relationship between the subscriber identifier and an edge node address according to the subscriber identifier to obtain an edge node address corresponding to the subscriber identifier; and returns a service response message including the edge node address. A subscriber identifier carried in a service request message is used to query a first mapping relationship to obtain an edge node address, and a service response message carrying an address of an edge node selected for a subscriber is delivered, thereby reducing a processing process of identifying different edge nodes by an external server, improving the processing efficiency, and reducing the implementation complexity.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, apparatus, and system of DAD proxy. The method includes: obtaining a DAD-NS message; comparing the obtained DAD-NS message with locally stored DAD information, and adding the DAD-NS information to the locally stored DAD information when it is determined, according to a comparison result, that the IP address to be detected is not duplicate; when it cannot be determined whether the IP address to be detected is duplicate or not, initiating, according to the address information included in the locally stored DAD information after comparison, an unreachability detection to the IP address to be detected to determine whether the IP address to be detected is duplicate. The apparatus includes: an obtaining module, a storing module, and a processing module. The system includes: an apparatus of DAD proxy and an access device.

Abstract: A data transmission method is provided. The method is used to transmit multiple data packets, and includes the following steps. Multiple acquired data packets are mapped to different sessions according to data header information of the data packets, in which each session corresponds to one or more data packets. A data packet is encapsulated into a session message, in which the encapsulated session message includes a session identifier of the session corresponding to the one or more data packets. Multiple session messages belonging to the same session are transmitted to a next network node through at least two tunnels in link layer.

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.

Abstract: A network access method, an authentication method, a communications system, and relevant devices are provided to support implicit authentication based on subscriber line information in Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6). The authentication method includes: receiving a request message sent from an Access Node (AN), wherein the request message carries subscriber line information and a Link-Local Address (LLA); sending an access request to an Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) server according to the subscriber line information; receiving an authentication result indicating the authentication is successful; determining whether an address matching the LLA carried in the request has been stored in the BNG; and storing the LLA in the BNG, if the address matching the LLA is not stored in the BNG.

Abstract: In the field of communications, a method and a system for packet transmission in an optical communication system, and an Optical Line Terminal (OLT) are provided. The method includes: receiving, from a port, a first uplink packet from an Optical Network Unit (ONU), where the first uplink packet includes a Logical Link Identifier (ID); determining a first ID corresponding to the first uplink packet, where the first ID includes an ONU ID or a Port ID; acquiring a Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) tunnel label according to the Logical Link ID and the first ID; and transmitting a second uplink packet on an MPLS tunnel corresponding to the MPLS tunnel label, where the second uplink packet includes data in the first uplink packet and the MPLS tunnel label. The system includes an ONU and an OLT.

Abstract: A method for optimizing a radio network layer to implement a network interconnection is provided. A radio network controller is divided into radio access network servers and wireless adapters configured in a base station. The wireless adapters are adapted to process related radio interface protocols, and are connected to an optical access network via an adaptation function. The radio access network servers and a core network are respectively connected to optical network units to implement the interconnection between an optical network and a radio communication network. Therefore, the single-point failure is effectively prevented, the flexibility and extensibility are improved, it is convenient for networking, and the network coverage is enlarged. It is suitable for the service development and radio access applications in the future, and facilitates the combination with the wired network.

Abstract: A method, apparatus and system for virtual network configuration and partition handover are provided. The virtual network configuration method includes the following steps: The serving edge device obtains a target virtual network identifier and a corresponding interface identifier, uses the target virtual network identifier and the corresponding interface identifier to generate a Layer-2 Control (L2C) protocol packet, and sends out the L2C protocol packet; the communication proxy device that receives the L2C protocol packet obtains the target virtual network identifier and the corresponding interface identifier from the L2C protocol packet, and sets up a mapping relation between a target virtual network and an interface.

Abstract: The present invention relates to method for synchronizing time, apparatus and system. The method discloses an OLT generates a Passive Optical Network (PON) downstream frame from to an Optical Network Unit (ONU), wherein the PON downstream frame comprises a time synchronization message based on Ethernet protocol, wherein the time synchronization message comprises a time value that is referenced to a PON Media Access Control (MAC) control layer and that indicates the ONU to adjust a time of a clock coupled to the ONU; and send the PON downstream frame.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method for transmitting an Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) message in a Passive Optical Network (PON). The method includes: receiving a Router Advertisement (RA) message comprising Optical Line Terminal (OLT) port information, Optical Network Unit (ONU) port information, and an IPv6 address prefix; binding the IPv6 address prefix with an OLT port indicated by the OLT port information; and sending the RA message to an ONU through the OLT port, so that the ONU binds the IPv6 address prefix with an ONU port indicated by the ONU port information and provides the RA message for a user terminal through the ONU port. Embodiments of the present disclosure further disclose a PON system and an apparatus for transmitting an IPv6 message in a PON.