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.
Claims19
A method for transmitting a service signal by using an Ethernet channel, wherein the Ethernet channel comprises multiple Ethernet physical coding sublayer (PCS) lanes, each Ethernet PCS lane uses a bearing area with a fixed length to transmit a service signal, and the method comprises:
- 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 PCS lane, wherein one part of at least one bearing area of at least one Ethernet PCS lane of the Ethernet channel bears the first service signal, and the other part of the at least one bearing area bears the second service signal;
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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.
A communications device, wherein the communications device comprises:
- a processing unit, configured to:
- receive a first service signal and a second service signal, and multiplex the first service signal and the second service signal to a bearing area of an Ethernet PCS lane, wherein one part of at least one bearing area of at least one Ethernet PCS lane of an Ethernet channel bears the first service signal, and the other part of the at least one bearing area bears the second service signal;
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- a transmission unit, configured to transmit the first service signal and the second service signal that are borne in the bearing area of the Ethernet PCS lane.
A communications device, wherein the communications device comprises:
- a receiving unit, configured to receive a service signal transmitted over an Ethernet channel, wherein the service signal comprises a first service signal and a second service signal, one part of at least one bearing area of at least one Ethernet PCS lane of the Ethernet channel bears the first service signal, and the other part of the at least one bearing area bears the second service signal;
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- a processing unit, configured to distribute the first service signal and the second service signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.