Bandwidth adjustment method and system for optical channel data unit flexible based on generic framing procedure
The disclosure claims a bandwidth adjustment method and system for Optical channel Data Unit flexible (ODUflex) based on a Generic Framing Procedure (GFP), wherein, the method includes that: ( 501 ) a source end sends a bandwidth adjustment control frame which contains bandwidth adjustment parameters; ( 503 ) a plurality of intermediate nodes forward the bandwidth adjustment control frame to a sink end via an ODUflex link, during the forwarding process, the plurality of intermediate nodes determine that resource thereof can satisfy the bandwidth adjustment parameters, and then reserve the bandwidth adjustment resource; ( 505 ) after receiving the bandwidth adjustment control frame, the sink end feeds back an adjustment acknowledgment frame which contains adjustment acknowledgment information to the source end via the plurality of intermediate nodes; ( 507 ) the plurality of intermediate nodes use the reserved bandwidth adjustment resource to implement adjustment for the bandwidth of the ODUflex link according to the adjustment acknowledgement information of the adjustment acknowledgment frame. The disclosure realizes the bandwidth adjustment for the ODUflex without interrupting an existing service by increasing an Optical channel Payload Unit (OPU) overhead for the bandwidth adjustment in the ODUflex (GFP) frame.
1. A bandwidth adjustment method for Optical channel Data Unit flexible (ODUflex) based on the Generic Framing Procedure (GFP), comprising steps of:
a source end sending a bandwidth adjustment control frame which contains bandwidth adjustment parameters;
a plurality of intermediate nodes forwarding the bandwidth adjustment control frame to a sink end via an ODUflex link, and during the forwarding process, if the plurality of intermediate nodes determine that resource of the plurality of intermediate nodes satisfy the bandwidth adjustment parameters, then a reserving bandwidth adjustment resource;
after receiving the bandwidth adjustment control frame, the sink end feeding back to the source end an adjustment acknowledgment frame which contains adjustment acknowledgment information via the plurality of intermediate nodes; and
the plurality of intermediate nodes using the reserved bandwidth adjustment resource to implement adjustment for bandwidth of the ODUflex link according to the adjustment acknowledgement information of the adjustment acknowledgment frame;
wherein the bandwidth adjustment parameters comprise: a state indicator, a branch port number indicator, a number of branch Time Slot (TS) indicator, an intermediate mode state indicator and an adjustment state confirmation indicator.
2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the state indicator comprises one of: an increment indicator, a decrement indicator and a normal state.
3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein when the state indicator is the increment indicator, the step that the plurality of intermediate nodes use the reserved bandwidth adjustment resource to implement adjustment for the bandwidth of the ODUflex link according to the adjustment acknowledgement information of the adjustment acknowledgment frame comprises:
the plurality of intermediate nodes adding the reserved bandwidth adjustment resource to the ODUflex link; and after receiving the adjustment acknowledgement frame, the source end setting the state indicator of the bandwidth adjustment control frame to be the normal state, and sending the bandwidth adjustment control frame; or
after receiving the adjustment acknowledgement frame, the source end setting the state indicator of the bandwidth adjustment control frame to be the normal state, and sending the bandwidth adjustment control frame; and during the forwarding process, the plurality of intermediate nodes adding the reserved bandwidth adjustment resource to the ODUflex link.
4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein the bandwidth adjustment parameters are located in the first, second and third rows of the fifteenth column in an Optical channel Payload Unit flexible Payload (OPUflex) OH area of the ODUflex.
5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the bandwidth adjustment control frame is a multi-frame, including 4*N frames, where N is a natural number.
6. The method according to claim 2 , wherein when the state indicator is the decrement indicator, the step that the plurality of intermediate nodes use the reserved bandwidth adjustment resource to implement adjustment for the bandwidth of the ODUflex link according to the adjustment acknowledgement information of the adjustment acknowledgment frame comprises:
the plurality of intermediate nodes removing the reserved bandwidth adjustment resource from the ODUflex link; and after receiving the adjustment acknowledgement frame, the source end setting the state indicator of the bandwidth adjustment control frame to be the normal state, and sending the bandwidth adjustment control frame; or
after receiving the adjustment acknowledgement frame, the source end setting the state indicator of the bandwidth adjustment control frame to be the normal state, and sending the bandwidth adjustment control frame; and during the forwarding process, the plurality of intermediate nodes removing the reserved bandwidth adjustment resource from the ODUflex link.
7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the bandwidth adjustment parameters are located in the first, second and third rows of the fifteenth column in an Optical channel Payload Unit flexible Payload (OPUflex) OH area of the ODUflex.
8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the bandwidth adjustment control frame is a multi-frame, including 4*N frames, where N is a natural number.
9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the bandwidth adjustment parameters are located in the first, second and third rows of the fifteenth column in an Optical channel Payload Unit flexible Payload (OPUflex) OH area of the ODUflex.
10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the bandwidth adjustment control frame is a multi-frame, including 4*N frames, where N is a natural number.
11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises steps of:
during the process of forwarding the bandwidth adjustment control frame to the sink end, if the plurality of intermediate nodes determine that the resource of the plurality of intermediate nodes cannot satisfy the bandwidth adjustment parameters, then stopping forwarding the bandwidth adjustment control frame, and sending an adjustment failure frame which contains adjustment failure information to the source end; and
the source end receiving the adjustment failure frame, and stopping adjusting the bandwidth of the ODUflex link.
12. The method according to claim 11 , wherein the step of sending the adjustment failure frame which contains the adjustment failure information to the source end comprises:
one intermediate node determining that the resource of the intermediate node cannot satisfy the bandwidth adjustment parameters; and
the plurality of intermediate nodes, which are before the intermediate node which determines that the resource is insufficient in the direction of the source end, forwarding the adjustment failure frame which contains the adjustment failure information to the source end, and releasing the reserved bandwidth adjustment resource.
13. A bandwidth adjustment system for Optical channel Data Unit flexible (ODUflex) based on the Generic Framing Procedure (GFP), comprising:
a source end, configured to send a bandwidth adjustment control frame which contains bandwidth adjustment parameters;
a plurality of intermediate nodes, which comprise:
a forwarding module, configured to forward the bandwidth adjustment control frame to a sink end via an ODUflex link, and forward an adjustment acknowledgement frame which contains adjustment acknowledgement information to the source end;
a reservation module, configured to, during the forwarding process, if it is determined that resource of the plurality of intermediate nodes satisfy the bandwidth adjustment parameters, reserve a bandwidth adjustment resource; and
an adjustment module, configured to use the reserved bandwidth adjustment resource to adjust the bandwidth of the ODUflex link according to the adjustment acknowledgement information of the adjustment acknowledgement frame; and
the sink end, configured to send the adjustment acknowledgement frame after receiving the bandwidth adjustment control frame;
wherein the bandwidth adjustment parameters comprise: a state indicator, a branch port number indicator, a number of branch Time Slot (TS) indicator, an intermediate mode state indicator and an adjustment state confirmation indicator.
14. The system according to claim 13 , wherein said state indicator comprises one of: an increment indicator, an decrement indicator and a normal state.
15. The system according to claim 14 , wherein the adjustment module comprises:
a resource increasing sub-module, configured to add the reserved bandwidth adjustment resource to the ODUflex link when the state indicator is the increment indicator; and
a resource decreasing sub-module, configured to remove the reserved bandwidth adjustment resource from the ODUflex link when the state indicator is the decrement indicator.
16. The system according to claim 13 , wherein
the plurality of intermediate nodes further comprise:
an adjustment failure module, configured to, during the forwarding process, if it is determined that the resource of the plurality of intermediate nodes cannot satisfy the bandwidth adjustment parameters, stop forwarding the bandwidth adjustment control frame, and send the adjustment failure frame which contains the adjustment failure information to the source end; and
the source end is further configured to receive the adjustment failure frame, and stop adjusting the bandwidth of the ODUflex link.
17. The system according to claim 16 , wherein
the plurality of intermediate nodes further comprise:
a resource releasing module, configured to receive the adjustment failure frame, and release the reserved bandwidth adjustment resource.