Abstract:
An integrated access system and method and an integrated access module are provided. The system includes a broadband service interface module ( 310 ), a narrowband service interface module ( 320 ), and a main control switching interface module ( 10 ). The main control switching module ( 10 ) includes a broadband service switching module ( 110 ) providing a broadband uplink interface and a narrowband service processing module ( 120 ) providing a narrowband uplink interface and performing narrowband service data process. The broadband service switching module ( 110 ) is connected to the broadband service interface module ( 310 ) and the narrowband service interface module ( 320 ) though broadband buses ( 21 ), so as to collect and switch the narrowband service data. The broad band service switching module ( 110 ) is connected with network though the broadband uplink interface, and the narrowband service processing module ( 120 ) is connected with network though the narrowband uplink interface. Thus, the broadband service and the narrowband service can be accessed simultaneously.

Description:
[0001]    This application claims the priority from a Chinese patent application No. 200610111811.4 filed with the Chinese Patent Office on Aug. 23, 2006, entitled “Integrated access system, method and narrow-band service interface module”, the entire content of which is incorporated herein by reference. 
       BACKGROUND 
       [0002]    1. Field of the Disclosure 
         [0003]    The present invention relates to an access technique in a communication field, and more particularly, to an access system, method, and device. 
         [0004]    2. Discussion of the Related Art 
         [0005]    Current access systems are usually classified into broadband access systems, narrowband access systems, and integrated access systems, which will be illustrated respectively as follows. 
         [0006]    Broadband access systems, such as Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM), adopt a design solution based on broadband backplane bus and support a broadband service interface at a user side, such as Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL), Very-High-Data-Rate Digital Subscriber Line (VDSL), and Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON). For example, at present, there are two main kinds of DSLAM access systems, namely, Asynchronous Transmission Mode (ATM) DSLAM and IP DSLAM. ATM DSLAM is a broadband access system based on ATM connection and switch, and IP DSLAM is an access system based on Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN)+Media Access Control (MAC) or IP routing switching. Broadband access systems in any of the aforementioned forms may be classified into two types of structures, including frame-type broadband access device and box-type broadband access device, both consisting of four parts, including a master control system, a switch system, a user interface, and a backplane connection system. As shown in  FIG. 1 , a schematic structural view of a broadband access device is shown. The user interface board is adapted to provide a line interface for users, and different user interface boards may provide different access schemes including one or more of ADSL, VDSL, Ethernet, and Gshdsl. A broadband access system may provide multiple user interface boards, which are numbered by slot numbers, numbered from 0 or 1. A user interface board may provide multiple line interfaces that users may access, for example 16, 24, and 48 line interfaces. The line interfaces are also uniformly addressed from 0 or 1. 
         [0007]    The master control system is adapted to provide a control and management function of the whole broadband access system. 
         [0008]    The switch system is adapted to provide a function of converging and processing the traffic of the whole broadband access system, and provide a network interface. 
         [0009]    The backplane system is adapted to provide connection and communication functions among the systems. 
         [0010]    Main architectures of current narrow access products, such as Optical Network Unit (ONU), adopt a design solution based on Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) backplane bus, and support narrowband service interfaces such as Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) interfaces and Integrated Service Digital Network (ISDN) interfaces. An architecture combining the broadband access device is referred as an integrated access device. These integrated access devices, such as Multiple Service Access Network (MSAN), Multi-Service Access Platform (MSAP), or Next Generation Digital Loop Carrier (NG DLC) devices, simultaneously adopt TDM backplane bus and Gigabit Ethernet (GE) backplane bus to support different service interfaces. 
         [0011]    The current pure narrowband access system does not contain any packet controlling and switching module or broadband service interface, but merely provides TDM-based narrowband backplane bus. As described above, the integrated access system for both narrowband and broadband, such as the MSAN service system, provides narrowband-based TDM backplane bus and broadband-based GE backplane bus. As shown in  FIG. 2 , each module provides the following function. 
         [0012]    A TDM controlling and switching module realizes traffic collection and switch of various narrowband service data by using a TDM switching network. The narrowband service data is sent to the network by the TDM controlling and switching module through network interfaces such as E1. 
         [0013]    The voice over packet processing module converts a voice service flow into IP packets by means of voice coding and decoding, and accesses Next Generation Network (NGN). Voice service data, after being switched to the voice over packet processing module through the TDM controlling and switching module, may be sent to the network through an FE/GE network interface, sent to the network through an E1 network interface, or sent to the network through an FE/GE network interface after the packet controlling and switching module collects and switches service data traffic. 
         [0014]    The packet controlling and switching module realizes traffic collection and switch of various broadband service data through the packet switching network and sends the broadband service data to the network through the FE/GE network interface. 
         [0015]    The network interface module provides network interfaces such as fast Ethernet (FE) optic/electric interface, and a GE optic interface, so as to uplink to a broadband multi-service collection device or other upper-layer network device. 
         [0016]    A service interface module sets a user interface board and provides various broadband and narrowband service access interfaces, including POTS, ISDN BRI (2B+D), ISDN PRI (30B+D), V.24 sub rate, V.24/V.35 64 kbit/s, V.35/FEI N×64 kbit/s, E1, ADSL, ADSL2+, SHDSL(TDM/ATM), Ethernet, 2/4 line audio frequency interface, so as to provide access of various services directly. 
         [0017]    The current pure broadband access system does not adopt the device configuration of integrated access. Only the broadband service bus is provided on the backplane, such as GE or 10 GE backplane bus, and therefore narrowband services are not supported. In addition, the conventional technical solutions for providing broadband services and narrowband services at the same time requires not only the GE or 10GE broadband bus but also the narrowband bus on the backplane, resulting in increased cost of the system, affecting the development of the system under the current trend where the broadband services are the mainstream. 
         [0018]    In addition, user service interfaces of the prior access systems cannot be allocated flexibly according to the property of the user access services. 
       SUMMARY 
       [0019]    An access system includes a broadband service interface module adapted to provide broadband service interfaces, a narrowband service interface module adapted to provide narrowband service interfaces, and a main control switching interface module. 
         [0020]    The main control switching interface module includes a broadband service switching module that is provided with a broadband uplink interface and a narrowband service processing module that is provided with a narrowband uplink interface and performs narrowband service data process. 
         [0021]    The broadband service switching module is connected to the broadband service interface module through broadband buses, adapted to process broadband service data, and communicate with a network via the broadband uplink interface. 
         [0022]    The broadband service switching module is connected to the narrowband service interface module through broadband buses, adapted to collect and switch narrowband service data, and communicate with a network via the broadband uplink interface of the broadband service switching module, or communicate with a network via the narrowband uplink interface of the narrowband service processing module. 
         [0023]    An access method includes the following steps: 
         [0024]    The broadband service data is received by a broadband service interface module, and sent to a broadband service switching module through broadband buses, processed by the broadband service switching module, and then sent to a network via a broadband uplink interface. 
         [0025]    The narrowband service data is received via a narrowband service interface module, and sent to a broadband service switching module through broadband buses, processed by the broadband service switching module, and then sent to a network via the broadband uplink interface; or performed narrowband service process by a narrowband service processing module, and then sent to the network via a narrowband uplink interface. 
         [0026]    A main control switching interface module includes a broadband service switching module provided with a broadband uplink interface and a narrowband service processing module provided with a narrowband uplink interface. 
         [0027]    The broadband service switching module receives broadband service data and narrowband service data from broadband buses, processes the broadband service data and sends the processed broadband service data to a network via the broadband uplink interface. 
         [0028]    The broadband service switching module processes the narrowband service data, and sends the processed narrowband service data to the network via the broadband uplink interface; or sends the processed narrowband service data to the narrowband service processing module. The narrowband service processing module processes the received narrowband service data and then sends it to the network via the narrowband uplink interface. 
         [0029]    A user interface board includes a broadband service interface board and a narrowband service interface board. The broadband service interface board receives broadband service data and sends it to the broadband service switching module through broadband buses. The narrowband service interface board receives narrowband service data, and sends it to the broadband service switching module through the broadband buses. 
         [0030]    In the access system, the main control switching interface module, the user interface board, and the method solutions, the backplane adopts broadband buses, and can access narrowband service and broadband service simultaneously, and the uplink simultaneously supports V5.2 TDM uplink, IP voice service (VoIP) uplink, and broadband interface uplink. Systems with the same interface which need not changed may be distributed in VoIP of the interface boards to process. 
         [0031]    The access system, the main control switching interface module, the user interface board, and the method may realize VoIP+TDMoP (TDM service based on a packet-based network) dual core process according to service configuration, thereby significantly reducing service process complexity and the cost of realizing the system. 
         [0032]    In the narrowband service interface module, a user interface board provided with dual core process function is designed, which has the abilities of VoIP and TDMoP, and the mode is directly switched based on each user port according to service configuration. The functional requirements of the chip of the user interface board may be integrated on the same service process chip on the user interface board. This chip is provided with dual core process function, but only provides broadband and narrowband interfaces to the external. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0033]    The present invention is described in detail as follows by reference to the embodiments and drawings, among which: 
           [0034]      FIG. 1  is a schematic structural view of a broadband access device in the conventional art; 
           [0035]      FIG. 2  is a schematic structural view of an integrated access device of the narrowband-based TDM backplane buses and broadband-based GE backplane buses in the prior art; 
           [0036]      FIG. 3  is a schematic structural view of an access device assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention; 
           [0037]      FIG. 4  is a schematic view of a narrowband service interface module according to an embodiment of the present invention; 
           [0038]      FIG. 5  is a schematic structural view of a voice service packet processing module according to an embodiment of the present invention; 
           [0039]      FIG. 6  is a schematic structural view of a circuit emulation service packet processing module according to an embodiment of the present invention; 
           [0040]      FIG. 7  is a schematic structural view of a narrowband service processing module according to an embodiment of the present invention; 
           [0041]      FIG. 8  is a schematic structural view of a dispatch processing module according to an embodiment of the present invention; 
           [0042]      FIG. 9  is a schematic view of the connection of the integrated narrowband service interface module in a system according to an embodiment of the present invention; 
           [0043]      FIG. 10  is a schematic structural view of a protocol processing module according to an embodiment of the present invention; and 
           [0044]      FIG. 11  is a schematic flow chart of processes of the broadband and narrowband service access method according to an embodiment of the present invention. 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS 
       [0045]    The detailed embodiments of the present invention are described with reference to the accompanying drawings. 
         [0046]    A structure of the broadband access device is shown in  FIG. 3 . With reference to  FIG. 3 , the structure includes a main control switching interface module  10 , a backplane  20 , and a user interface board  30 . 
         [0047]    The main control switching interface module  10  is provided with a broadband service switching module  110  that is adapted to provide a broadband uplink interface, a narrowband service processing module  120  that is adapted to provide a narrowband uplink interface and perform narrowband service data process, a protocol processing module  130  that is adapted to process broadband and narrowband protocols, and a clock module  140  that is adapted to provide a system clock. The broadband uplink interface may be an Ethernet Uplink interface, and the narrowband uplink interface is a TDM Uplink interface. 
         [0048]    The user interface board  30  is provided with a broadband service interface module  310  that is adapted to provide a broadband service interface, and a narrowband service interface module  320  that is adapted to provide a narrowband service interface. 
         [0049]    Both of the broadband service interface module  310  and the narrowband service interface module  320  provided in the embodiment of the present invention are connected to the broadband service switching module  110  through broadband buses. The backplane merely adopts broadband buses, which is different from the conventional solution where the backplane adopts both broadband backplane buses and narrow backplane buses. 
         [0050]    The broadband buses may be Gigabit Ethernet service buses, fast Ethernet service buses, or ten Gigabit Ethernet service buses. 
         [0051]    The clock module  140 , connected to each part of the system, provides a clock reference for the whole system. A clock signal is output as the uniform reference clock from the clock module  140  of the main control switching interface module  10  to each part of the whole system that requires the clock. The input of a clock source may be a clock of BITS connected via the network, a E1 clock, or a data service recovery clock, and may also be a clock generated by performing local self-oscillation. The aforementioned functions are achieved by the clock module  140 , and a clock line is provided on the backplane, so as to make the clock to be transmitted to each interface that requires the clock through the clock line. 
         [0052]    The broadband service interface module  310  may be set in the same way as the broadband service interface module in the conventional art, and will not be repeated here. 
         [0053]    The narrowband service interface module  320  is set according to the type of the narrowband service to be accessed, as shown in  FIG. 4 .  FIG. 4  is a schematic structural view of the narrowband service interface module  320  according to an embodiment of the present invention, and as shown in the figure, the narrowband service interface module  320  includes a voice service packet processing module  321 , a circuit emulation service (CES) packet processing module  322 , a bus interface module  323 , and a dispatch processing module  324 . 
         [0054]    The voice service packet processing module  321  performs voice service packet/de-packet process on narrowband service data. In an actual design solution, generally, the voice service packet processing module is an IP voice service packet processing module. 
         [0055]    The CES packet processing module  322  performs CES data packet/de-packet process on narrowband service data. The packet/de-packet process corresponds to the narrowband service process performed by the narrowband service processing module  120  in the main control switching interface module  10 . 
         [0056]    The bus interface module  323 , connected to the voice service packet processing module and the CES packet processing module, provides a broadband bus interface connecting to the broadband service switching module. 
         [0057]    The dispatch processing module  324  dispatches narrowband service data to the voice service packet processing module  321  or the CES packet processing module  322  according to the access narrowband service attributes. 
         [0058]    According to the whole structure of the broadband access device, the broadband service and the narrowband service accessed by a user are processed respectively as follows. 
         [0059]    The broadband service data received by the broadband service interface module  310  is transmitted to the broadband service switching module  110  through the broadband buses, converged and switched by the broadband service switching module  110 , and sent to a network via the broadband uplink interface of the broadband service switching module  110 . The downlink service process of the network is similar to this process. The process is similar to the broadband service process in the conventional art, and will not be repeated here. 
         [0060]    The narrowband service data received by the narrowband service interface module  320  is dispatched to the voice service packet processing module  321  or the CES packet processing module  322  at the dispatch processing module  324  according to the narrowband service attributes to perform the corresponding packet process, and then sent to the broadband service switching module  110  through the broadband buses after performing the corresponding packet process. The detailed steps are as follows. 
         [0061]    The voice service packet/de-packet process is performed on the narrowband service data at the voice service packet processing module  321 . As for the VoIP service, the voice encoding method such as G.711 is adopted, and after processing the IP voice service data such as adding the Ethernet header, the de-packet process of the VoIP service data is finished, so as to form a data packet to be sent to the broadband service switching module  110 . 
         [0062]    The CES packet processing module  322  performs the CES data packet/de-packet process on the narrowband service data. As for TDMoP voice service, the TDM voice service data at a certain port is encapsulated into packets, and the destination of the encapsulated packets is the narrowband service processing module  120  of the main control switching interface module  10 . At the narrowband service processing module  120 , the encapsulated packets are restored into TDM voice service data and processed by time slot cross-connection, and then sent to the network via the narrowband uplink interface. The process in the downlink direction is performed in a similar way. 
         [0063]    After processing on the narrowband service interface module  320 , the classification process may be performed on the received narrowband service data in the broadband service switching module  110 . 
         [0064]    The IP voice service data, after being converged and switched by the broadband service switching module  110 , is directly sent to the network via the broadband uplink interface. The TDMoP service data undergoes the packet process and then is converged and switched by the broadband service switching module  110 , and is then directly sent to the narrowband service processing module  120 . The narrowband service processing module  120  performs the de-packet process on the narrowband service data which has undergone the packet process to restore the initial TDMoP service data, and directly sends the initial TDMoP service data to the network via the narrowband uplink interface. 
         [0065]    In the solution, according to various service requirements, the voice service packet processing module  321  may further include a Real-Time-Protocol (RTP) protocol processing module  3211 , a voice service packet/de-packet processing module  3212 , a voice coding/decoding processing module  3213 , a jitter buffer processing module  3214 , an echo cancellation module  3215 , and a packet dropout compensation module  3216 , as shown in  FIG. 5 . 
         [0066]    The RTP protocol processing module  3211  is adapted to perform RTP protocol process on the IP voice service data. 
         [0067]    The voice service packet/de-packet processing module  3212  is adapted to perform the packet/de-packet process on the IP voice service data. 
         [0068]    The voice coding/decoding processing module  3213  is adapted to perform voice coding/decoding process on the EP voice service data. 
         [0069]    The jitter buffer processing module  3214  is adapted to perform JitterBuffer process on the IP voice service data. 
         [0070]    The echo cancellation module  3215  is adapted to perform echo cancellation process on the IP voice service data. 
         [0071]    The lost-packet compensation module  3216  is adapted to perform lost-packet compensation process on the IP voice service data. 
         [0072]    The circuit emulation technology includes multiple specific solutions. For example, ATM AAL1 technique is a mature TDM circuit emulation technique realized in packet network. Likewise, in the IP Ethernet, the TDM circuit emulation may also be realized in a similar manner. The IETF PWE3 working group is responsible for studying various end-to-end emulation services on network, including frame relay, ATM, and SDH and so on. The PWE3 standard defines interfaces, timing, OAM, application occasions, and encapsulation formats under various circumstances in detail for each service to be emulated. At present, PWE3 architecture definition is standardized. The tunnel encapsulating technology adopted by the PWE3 group includes IP, L2TP, or MPLS, and the PWE3 group closely cooperates with other organizations to perfect the tunnel encapsulating technology. The PWE3 group also cooperates with the CCAMP group regarding the control plane so as to perfect the establishment and management of the tunnel. 
         [0073]    According to the requirements, as shown in  FIG. 6 , the CES packet processing module  322  in the embodiment of the present invention further includes a first CES packet/de-packet processing module  3221 , a CESoPSN protocol processing module  3222 , and a CESoETH protocol processing module  3223 . 
         [0074]    The first CES packet/de-packet processing module  3221  is adapted to perform packet/de-packet process on the sent/received narrowband service data. The CESoPSN protocol processing module  3222  is adapted to perform CESoPSN protocol process on the narrowband service data. 
         [0075]    The CESoETH protocol processing module  3223  is adapted to perform CESoETH protocol process on the narrowband service data. 
         [0076]    Correspondingly, as shown in  FIG. 7 , the narrowband service processing module  120  is provided with a second CES packet/de-packet module  121 , which is adapted to perform packet/de-packet process on the narrowband service data sent/received by the broadband service switching module  110 . 
         [0077]    The narrowband service processing module  120  further includes a narrowband service converging or switching processing module  122 , which is adapted to perform a converging or switching process on the narrowband service data. 
         [0078]    As shown in  FIG. 8 , a schematic structural view of the dispatch processing module  324  is shown. The dispatch processing module  324  is provided with a narrowband service user attribute storage module  3241  which is adapted to store user configuration information and to send the narrowband service data to the voice service packet processing module  321  or the CES packet processing module  322  according to the user configuration information. 
         [0079]    Separated components may be adopted for constructing the design of the narrowband service interface module  320  in the embodiment of the present invention, and the aforementioned functions may also be implemented with a single chip. The chip at least has the following functions. 
         [0080]    The chip may provide data interface to the external, which is a double port backup or a single port. As shown in  FIG. 9 , a schematic view of the connection of the integrated narrowband service interface module in a system is shown. 
         [0081]    In the solution, as shown in  FIG. 10 , the protocol processing module  130  may be provided with an H.248 protocol processing module  131 , an SIP protocol processing module  132 , a V5 protocol processing module  133 , and a GR303 protocol processing module  134 . 
         [0082]    The H.248 protocol processing module  131  is adapted to process an H.248 protocol. 
         [0083]    The SIP protocol processing module  132  is adapted to process an SIP protocol. 
         [0084]    The V5 protocol processing module  133  is adapted to process a V5 protocol. 
         [0085]    The GR303 protocol processing module  134  is adapted to process a GR303 protocol. 
         [0086]    The protocol processing functions of the protocol processing module may be adapted to process various narrowband and broadband protocols, so as to ensure the smooth implementation of the broad and narrowband services in the embodiment of the present invention. 
         [0087]    In the aforementioned embodiment, on the main control switching interface module  10 , a data service uplink interface is provided by the broadband service switching module  110 , and a narrowband service uplink interface is provided by the narrowband service processing module  120 . The broadband uplink interface may adopt uplinks such as GE and 10GE, the narrowband uplink interface may be E1/E3, T1/T3, STM-N, or SDH in a TDM form. The narrowband protocol supports uplinks such as V5.2 and GR303. 
         [0088]    The embodiment of the present invention realizes narrowband uplink services with low cost after the distributed VoIP process, and the backward process of the VoIP need not be realized on the main control switching interface module  10 . Meanwhile, the VoIP+TDMoP process may be implemented on a single chip, thus reducing the complexity of the interface board. 
         [0089]    As shown in  FIG. 11 , a schematic flow chart of processes of the integrated access performed by the integrated access system according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown. As shown in  FIG. 11 , the broadband service and the narrowband service are processed by different methods. 
         [0090]    The broadband service data is accessed through the broadband service interface module, sent to the broadband service switching module on the main control switching interface module through broadband buses, converged and switched through the broadband service switching module, and sent to the network through the broadband uplink interface. 
         [0091]    The narrowband service data is accessed through the narrowband service interface module, sent to the broadband service switching module of the main control switching interface module through broadband buses, and converged and switched by the broadband service switching module. 
         [0092]    Thereafter, the narrowband service data is sent to the network via the broadband uplink interface. Alternatively, the narrowband service data is processed by the narrowband service processing module, and then sent to the network via the narrowband uplink interface. 
         [0093]    When the narrowband service data is being accessed via the narrowband service interface module, according to the access narrowband service attribute, the narrowband service data is classified to be narrowband service requiring voice service packet process or narrowband service requiring CES data packet process, and the corresponding process is performed on the service data. 
         [0094]    The voice service packet process is performed on the narrowband service data. 
         [0095]    The CES data packet process is performed on the narrowband service data. 
         [0096]    Apparently, those skilled in the art may modify or change the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Thus, if the modifications and changes of the present invention fall in the scope of the claims and the equivalent technique of the present invention, the present invention also includes the modifications and changes.