IP Library Granted Patent US 8,050,279
Granted Patent B2
US 8,050,279 · App. 11/628,601 · Granted Nov 1, 2011

Method for accessing integrated services by an access network

Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,050,279
App. No.
11/628,601
Granted
Nov 1, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for accessing integrated services by an access network, including: establishing at least one Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Label Switch Path (LSP) in a broadband access network; MPLS encapsulating at a broadband access node a service to be transmitted, and transmitting the encapsulated service in the broadband access network via the LSP. As MPLS is a technology for providing multi-layered connection, in the embodiments of the present invention, MPLS is utilized as the means for networking of broadband access network and private line passing through the core network, so that the problem faced by the broadband access network serving as the bearer network of integrated services can be solved, the integrated services of video, voice, data and private line (including IP private line, and traditional private lines of ATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode), TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) and FR (Frame Relay)) can be carried over the broadband access network at a lower cost.

Claims (34)

1. A method for accessing integrated services by an access network comprising:

establishing at least one Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Label Switch Path (LSP) between a broadband access node device and a Broadband Access Server (BAS) in a broadband access network, wherein the established LSP contains two layers of label comprising an outer layer label and an inner layer label;

MPLS encapsulating, at the broadband access node, a service to be transmitted, wherein the broadband access node identifies different services and subscribers on the basis of the inner layer label;

transmitting the encapsulated service in the broadband access network via the LSP, wherein the broadband access network distinguishes a quality Olservice (QoS) of different types of services on the basis of the outer layer label; and

terminating simultaneously an outer LSP identified by the outer layer label and an inner LSP identified by the inner layer label at either the BAS or an edge router of a core network, wherein the one of the BAS or the edge router where the outer LSP and inner LSP are terminated identifies different services and subscribers on the basis of the inner layer label;

wherein the broadband access node device is a digital subscriber line access multiplexer (DSLAM);

wherein before encapsulating, the method further comprises: when Ethernet is carried over MPLS, selecting a corresponding LSP for the service according to a service tag (S-TAG) of Ethernet packet of the service.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the bandwidth of the access network is planned and managed on the basis of LSP, and different quality of service (QoS) is provided and guaranteed for different types of services by use of different LSPs.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein in the process of MPLS encapsulating a service to be transmitted and transmitting the encapsulated service in the broadband access network via the LSP, the LSP for transmission of Internet Protocol (IP) multicast video over the access network is an MPLS multicast LSP.

4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

detecting connectivity state of an LSP by using MPLS Operation And Maintenance (OAM); and

protecting an LSP which needs to be protected by using MPLS protection switching.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the process of protecting an LSP which needs to be protected by using MPLS protection switching comprises:

establishing in advance a standby LSP for the LSP which needs to be protected; and

switching a service to the standby LSP for transmission, when the LSP used by the service is detected to be failed by the function of MPLS OAM.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

implementing network failure location, and performance monitoring of the access network by use of the function of MPLS Operation And Maintenance (OAM).

7. A method for accessing integrated services by an access network, comprising:

establishing at least one Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Label Switch Path (LSP) between a broadband access node device, and a Broadband Access Server (BAS) in a broadband access network, wherein the established LSP contains two layers Of label comprising an, outer layer label and an inner layer label;

MPLS encapsulating, at the broadband access node, a service to be transmitted, wherein the broadband access node identifies different services, and subscribers on the basis of the inner layer label;

transmitting, the encapsulated service in the broadband access network via the LSP, wherein the broadband access network distinguishes a quality of service (QoS) of different type of services on the basis of the outer layer label;

terminating an outer layer LSP identified by the outer layer label at either the BAS or an edge router of a core network, wherein the BAS or the edge router where the outer layer LSP is terminated identifies different services and subscribers on the basis of the inner layer label;

passing an inner layer LSP identified by the inner layer label through the BAS or the edge router of the core network where the outer layer LSP is terminated, wherein, the inner layer LSP is encapsulated in another outer layer LSP after the inner layer LSP passes through the one of the BAS and the edge router of the core network; and

terminating the inner layer LSP at an MPLS Provider Edge (PE) of the opposite side, wherein the MPLS PE of the opposite side identifies different services and subscribers on the basis of the inner layer label;

wherein the broadband access node device is a digital subscriber line access multiplexer (DSLAM);

wherein before encapsulating, the method further comprises: when Ethernet is carried over MPLS, selecting a corresponding LSP for the service according to a service tag (S-TAG) of Ethernet packet of the service.

8. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising:

for a downstream MPLS packet which is transmitted over Ethernet private line across Broadband Access Server or edge router of core network, the broadband access node replacing the outer layer S-TAG of Ethernet after de-encapsulating the MPLS packet, so that S-TAG can be allocated independently in access networks at both ends.

9. A method for accessing integrated services by an access network comprising:

establishing at least one Label Switch Path (LSP) between a broadband access node device and a Broadband Access Server (BAS) in a broadband access network, wherein the LSP terminates at the BAS or passes through the BAS;

Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) encapsulating, at the broadband access node, a service to be transmitted, and transmitting the encapsulated service in the broadband access network via a first LSP;

if the BAS is an end point of a second LSP entering at a downlink port connected to the broadband access network, identifying services and subscribers by 802.1Q, 802.1ad, or pseudo-wire label of Pseudo-Wire Emulation Edge-to-Edge (PWE3) in the MPLS PWE3 packet; and

the BAS extracting Ethernet packet from the LSP after terminating the LSP;

wherein if BAS is an intermediate node of a third LSP entering at the downlink port connected to the broadband access network, which is the case for private line across the BAS or the edge router of the core network, the BAS supports MPLS exchange of MPLS packets in the third LSP.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 8, 2020
From: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
To: APEX NET LLC
Reel/Frame 052344/0896 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 4, 2007
From: LI, QIAO; CHANG, YUE; WANG, HAO; WEI, JIAHONG
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 018705/0690 →
Priority Claims (1)
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Continuity (1)
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