Method for transmitting service signal by using ethernet channel and communications device
AssigneeHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
InventorQiwen Zhong
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a communications method and a communications device, so that multiple service signals can be borne in a same bearing area of a same Ethernet PCS lane. Therefore, it is implemented that multiple types of service signals share an Ethernet channel, so that the multiple types of service signals can share a link resource and an interface module resource. This provides a basis for convergence and integration of devices in a multi-technology system, and can improve utilization of link resources and reduce a quantity, a footprint, power consumption, maintenance costs, and the like of devices in a metropolitan area network.
Claims18
A method for transmitting a service signal by using an Ethernet channel, wherein the Ethernet channel comprises multiple Ethernet physical coding sublayer (PCS) lanes, wherein each Ethernet PCS lane uses a bearing area with a fixed length for transmission, and wherein the method comprises:
- receiving, by a communications device, a first service signal and a second service signal, wherein the first service signal and the second service signal correspond to different types of services;
- multiplexing, by the communications device, the first service signal and the second service signal to the bearing area of an Ethernet PCS lane, wherein one part of the bearing area of the Ethernet PCS lane bears the first service signal, and another part of the bearing area of the Ethernet PCS lane bears the second service signal;
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- transmitting, by the communications device, the first service signal and the second service signal that are borne in the bearing area of the Ethernet PCS lane;
- wherein transmitting the first service signal and the second service signal that are borne in the bearing area of the Ethernet PCS lane further comprises:
- transmitting an indication signal, wherein the indication signal indicates a location of the bearing area of the Ethernet PCS lane.
A communications device, wherein the communications device comprises a processor and a non-transitory memory having processor-executable instructions stored thereon, wherein the processor-executable instructions, when executed by the processor, facilitate:
- receiving a first service signal and a second service signal;
- multiplexing the first service signal and the second service signal to a bearing area of an Ethernet physical coding sublayer (PCS) lane, wherein one part of the bearing area of the Ethernet PCS lane bears the first service signal, and another part of the bearing area of the Ethernet PCS lane bears the second service signal, wherein the first service signal and the second service signal correspond to different types of services;
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- transmitting the first service signal and the second service signal that are borne in the bearing area of the Ethernet PCS lane;
- wherein transmitting the first service signal and the second service signal that are borne in the bearing area of the Ethernet PCS lane further comprises:
- transmitting an indication signal, wherein the indication signal indicates a location of the bearing area of the Ethernet PCS lane.
A communications device, wherein the communications device comprises a processor and a non-transitory memory having processor-executable instructions stored thereon, wherein the processor-executable instructions, when executed by the processor, facilitate:
- receiving a service signal transmitted over an Ethernet channel, wherein the service signal comprises a first service signal and a second service signal, wherein the first service signal and the second service signal correspond to different types of services, and wherein one part of a bearing area of an Ethernet physical coding sublayer (PCS) lane of the Ethernet channel bears the first service signal, and another part of the bearing area of the Ethernet PCS lane of the Ethernet channel bears the second service signal;
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- distributing the first service signal and the second service signal;
- wherein receiving the service signal transmitted over the Ethernet channel further comprises:
- receiving an indication signal, wherein the indication signal indicates a location of the bearing area of the Ethernet PCS lane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.