Patent Publication Number: US-8971333-B2

Title: Bandwidth adjustment method and system for optical channel data unit flexible based on generic framing procedure

Description:
This is a National Stage Application of PCT/CN2010/077291 filed Sep. 25, 2010, published as WO 2011/106974 A1, and claiming priority from CN201010129083.6 filed Mar. 4, 2010. 
     FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
     The disclosure relates to the field of communication, and in particular to a bandwidth adjustment method and system for Optical channel Date Unit flexible (ODUflex) based on a Generic Framing Procedure (GFP) in an Optical Transport Network (OTN). 
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     At present, with the development of the OTN and the continuous improvement of the OTN-relative standards, the International Telecommunication Union Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) provides the ODUflex. One kind of ODUflex in related art is the ODUflex (GFP) for bearing packet client signals. This technology encapsulates the packet client signals into the ODUflex (GFP) via the GFP. In this case, based on whether the rate is variable, the client signals are divided into the client signals with fixed bit rate and the client signals with variable bit rates. 
     The ODUflex (GFP) of the related art can have any rate. But at present, one ODUflex (GFP) is fixedly distributed with a large enough bandwidth, so as to make the ODUflex (GFP) completes transmission under the worst condition. 
     For example, the Ethernet Media Access Control (MAC) frame signals based on the 802.3 standards of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) belong to the client signals with variable rates. The bandwidth request for the OTN is dynamically variable, and the frame length and frame gap are dynamically variable. Taking the example that an Optical channel Transport Unit (OTU) 3 bears 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GbE) MAC frame signals to transmit on the OTN network, the recent method includes: (1) implementing GFP encapsulation of frame mapping for the Ethernet MAC frame signals according to the possible maximum rate of the Ethernet MAC frame signals; (2) asynchronously mapping the signals which are implemented with GFP encapsulation to a low-order Optical channel Data Unit (ODU) 2. As the rate of the Ethernet MAC frame signals is continuously changed, a GFP idle frame needs to be inserted in the payload of the low-order ODU according to the change of the rate of the Ethernet MAC frame signals, so as to achieve the purpose of rate matching; and (3) multiplexing a plurality of low-order ODU2s to be a high-order ODU3. The high-order ODU3 forms the OTU3 signals to be transmitted in the OTN network after inserting the overhead. During the transmission process of the OTN, the number of Time Slot (TS) distributed to the low-order ODU2 is constant, that is, the occupied OTN network bandwidth is constant. 
     In a conclusion, the bandwidth of the packet client signals is variable along the time, but the redundant bandwidth which is distributed to the ODUflex (GFP) is constant, thereby the waste of bandwidth resource is caused. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The main purpose of the disclosure is to provide a bandwidth adjustment method and system for ODUflex based on a GFP, in order to solve the above problem. 
     According to one aspect of the disclosure, a bandwidth adjustment method for the ODUflex based on the GFP is provided, 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. 
     Preferably, the bandwidth adjustment parameters comprise: 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. 
     Preferably, the state indicator comprises one of the followings: an increment indicator, a decrement indicator and a normal state. 
     Preferably, 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 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. 
     Preferably, 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. 
     Preferably, 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) area of the ODUflex. 
     Preferably, a bandwidth adjustment control frame is a multi-frame, including 4*N frames, where N is a natural number. 
     Preferably, the bandwidth adjustment method for the ODUflex based on the GFP also 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. 
     Preferably, 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. 
     According to another aspect of the disclosure, a bandwidth adjustment system for the ODUflex based on the GFP is provided, 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. 
     Preferably, the bandwidth adjustment parameters comprise a state indicator, and the state indicator comprises one of: an increment indicator, an decrement indicator and a normal state. 
     Preferably, 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. 
     Preferably, the plurality of intermediate nodes also comprise: 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. 
     Preferably, 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. 
     Certain embodiments of the disclosure enable the ODUflex (GFP) frame to have a bandwidth adjustment capacity by increasing the bandwidth of ODUflex (GFP) frame to adjust the overhead of the Optical channel Payload Unit (OPU). Compared with the related art, the disclosure has the advantages that: 
     (1) the adjustment process of the ODUflex (GFP) neither needs to detach an original ODUflex link, nor needs to re-establish a new link which satisfies the bandwidth request; and the ODUflex (GFP) link keeps a normal working state during the adjustment process, and has no interruption; 
     (2) the Network Management System (NMS) and the control plane need not to be upgraded, as the network manager and the control plane almost do not participate in the adjustment process; thus, a lot of management and implementation difficulties caused by upgrading the NMS or the control plane can be avoided; and 
     (3) the adjustment method is simple, so the bandwidth adjustment for the ODUflex (GFP) can be simply realized, and software and hardware can be conveniently updated. 
    
    
     
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       The drawings described herein are provided for further understanding of the disclosure, and forming a part of the application. The schematic embodiments and descriptions thereof are used for explaining the disclosure, without unduly limiting the disclosure. In the drawings: 
         FIG. 1  shows a structural diagram of embodiment I of a bandwidth adjustment system for ODUflex based on GFP according to the embodiment of the disclosure; 
         FIG. 2  shows a structural diagram of embodiment II of a bandwidth adjustment system for ODUflex based on GFP according to the embodiment of the disclosure; 
         FIG. 3  shows a position diagram of ODUflex bandwidth adjustment parameters according to the embodiment of the disclosure; 
         FIG. 4  shows a structural diagram of an ODUflex bandwidth adjustment control frame according to the embodiment of the disclosure; 
         FIG. 5  shows a step flowchart of embodiment I of a bandwidth adjustment method for ODUflex based on GFP according to the embodiment of the disclosure; 
         FIG. 6  shows a process chart for a successful ODUflex bandwidth increase adjustment according to the embodiment of the disclosure; 
         FIG. 7  shows a process chart of a failed ODUflex bandwidth increase adjustment according to the embodiment of the disclosure; 
         FIG. 8  shows a process chart of ODUflex bandwidth decrease adjustment according to the embodiment of the disclosure; 
         FIG. 9  shows a step flowchart of embodiment I of an ODUflex bandwidth increase adjustment method according to the embodiment of the disclosure; 
         FIG. 10  shows a step flowchart of embodiment II of an ODUflex bandwidth increase adjustment method according to the embodiment of the disclosure; and 
         FIG. 11  shows a step flowchart of an embodiment of an ODUflex bandwidth decrease adjustment method of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS 
     The disclosure is described hereinafter in detail with reference to the drawings and in conjunction with the embodiments. It should be noted that, the embodiments and the features in the embodiments can be combined with each other if there is no conflict. 
     As shown in  FIG. 1 , it shows a structural diagram of embodiment I of a bandwidth adjustment system for ODUflex based on GFP according to the embodiment of the disclosure, specifically comprising: 
     a source end  101 , which is configured to send a bandwidth adjustment control frame which contains the bandwidth adjustment parameters; 
     a plurality of intermediate nodes  103 , wherein each of the intermediate nodes  103  comprises: 
     a forwarding module  1031 , which is configured to forward the bandwidth adjustment control frame to a sink end  105  via the ODUflex link, and forward to the source end  101  the adjustment acknowledgement frame which contains the adjustment acknowledgement information and is fed back by the sink end  105 ; 
     a reservation module  1033 , which is configured to, during the process of forwarding the bandwidth adjustment control frame, if it is determined that resource of the plurality of intermediate nodes satisfy the bandwidth adjustment parameters, reserve the bandwidth adjustment resource; and 
     an adjustment module  1035 , which is 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 
     a sink end  105 , which is configured to send the adjustment acknowledgement frame after receiving the bandwidth adjustment control frame. 
     Specifically, when the flow of the ODUflex link increases or decreases, the bandwidth adjustment of the ODUflex link needs to be started, and the NMS can notify the source end  101  to initiate the adjustment process. 
     The source end  101  sends the bandwidth adjustment control frame to the adjacent intermediate node  103  which is adjacent to the source end  101  in the direction of the sink end  105 , wherein the bandwidth adjustment frame comprises the bandwidth adjustment parameters, such as the state indicator of increasing or decreasing bandwidth, the indicator of the branch port number requesting bandwidth adjustment, the indicator of number of branch TS requesting adjustment, the intermediate node state indicator, the adjustment state confirmation indicator and the like. 
     After the intermediate node  103  receives the bandwidth adjustment control frame, and if there is a resource which satisfies the bandwidth adjustment parameters such as an idle TS, the reservation module  1033  reserves the resource for the ODUflex link, and forwards the bandwidth adjustment control frame to a next intermediate node  103  via the forwarding module  1031 . After receiving the forwarded bandwidth adjustment control frame, the next intermediate node  103  also determines whether it has the resource which can satisfy the bandwidth adjustment parameters. If yes, reserving the resource, and forwarding the bandwidth adjustment control frame to an adjacent next intermediate node  103  in the direction of the sink end  105 . Each of the intermediate nodes  103  implements the above reservation and forwarding process under the condition of satisfying the bandwidth adjustment parameters, till the sink end  105  is reached. 
     When the sink end  105  receives the bandwidth adjustment control frame, it represents that all the intermediate nodes  103  between the source end  101  and the sink end  105  can satisfy the bandwidth adjustment parameters, and that bandwidth adjustment for the ODUflex link can be implemented. And now, the sink end  105  sends the adjustment acknowledgement frame which contains the adjustment acknowledgement information to the direction of the source end  101  via the forwarding module  1031  of the intermediate nodes  103 . After the intermediate nodes  103  receive the adjustment acknowledgement frame, the adjustment module  1035  implements adjustment for the bandwidth of the ODUflex link by using the reserved resource. 
     As shown in  FIG. 2 , it shows a structural diagram of embodiment II of a bandwidth adjustment system for ODUflex based on GFP according to the embodiment of the disclosure, specifically comprising: 
     a source end  201 , configured to send the bandwidth adjustment control frame which contains the bandwidth adjustment parameters, and to receive an adjustment failure frame, and stop implementing adjustment for the bandwidth of the ODUflex link, 
     wherein the bandwidth adjustment parameters comprise the state indicator, and the state indicator comprises the increment indicator, the decrement indicator and the normal state; and 
     a plurality of intermediate nodes  203 , wherein each of the intermediate nodes  203  comprises: 
     a forwarding module  2031 , configured to forward the bandwidth adjustment control frame to a sink end  205  via the ODUflex link, and forward to the source end  201  the adjustment acknowledgement frame containing the adjustment acknowledgement information which is feed back by the sink end  205 ; 
     a reservation module  2033 , configured to, during the process of forwarding the bandwidth adjustment control frame, if it is determined that resource of the plurality of intermediate nodes satisfy the bandwidth adjustment parameters, reserve bandwidth adjustment resource; and 
     an adjustment module  2035 , 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. 
     Preferably, the adjustment module  2035  can further comprise: 
     a resource increasing sub-module  20351 , 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  20353 , configured to remove the reserved bandwidth adjustment resource from the ODUflex link when the state indicator is the decrement indicator. 
     The intermediate nodes  203  can further comprise: 
     an adjustment failure module  2037 , configured to, during the forwarding process, if it is determined that the resource cannot satisfy the bandwidth adjustment parameters, stop forwarding the bandwidth adjustment control frame, and send to the source end  201  the adjustment failure frame which contains the adjustment failure information; and 
     a resource releasing module  2039 , configured to receive the adjustment failure frame, and release the reserved bandwidth adjustment resource. 
     And, the sink end  205  is configured to send the adjustment acknowledgement frame after receiving the bandwidth adjustment control frame. 
     Description is given below taking the example that the flow of the ODUflex link increases and the bandwidth of the ODUflex link needs to be increased. The source end  201  sends the bandwidth adjustment control frame, of which the state indicator is the increment indicator, to the first intermediate node  203  in the direction of the sink end  205 . The first intermediate node  203  determines that its resource can satisfy the adjustment request. Its reservation module  2033  reserves the resource, and forwards the bandwidth adjustment control frame to the second intermediate node  203  via the forwarding module  2031 . After receiving the bandwidth adjustment control frame, the second intermediate node  203  determines that its resource cannot satisfy the adjustment request. Its adjustment failure module  2037  stops forwarding the bandwidth adjustment control frame to the next intermediate node  203 , and sends the adjustment failure frame which contains the adjustment failure information to the first intermediate node  203 . After receiving the adjustment failure frame, the resource releasing module  2039  of the first intermediate node  203  releases the reserved resource, and forwards the adjustment failure frame to the source end  201  via the forwarding module  2031 . The source end  201  receives the adjustment failure frame, and stops implementing the increment adjustment for the bandwidth of the ODUflex link. 
     In the above process, if the second intermediate node  203  has a resource which can satisfy the adjustment request, the resource is reserved, and the bandwidth adjustment control frame is continuously forwarded to the third intermediate node  203 . If all the intermediate nodes  203  between the source end  201  and the sink end  205  have the resource which can satisfy the adjustment request, all the resource is reserved. The bandwidth adjustment control frame is sequentially forwarded by the intermediate nodes  203 , till the sink end  205  is reached. The sink end  205  receives the bandwidth adjustment control frame, and knows that all the intermediate nodes  203  can satisfy the bandwidth adjustment parameters, and then can implement increment adjustment for the bandwidth of the ODUflex link. The sink end  205  sequentially sends the adjustment acknowledgement frame which contains the acknowledgement information to the source end  201  via the intermediate nodes  203 . After receiving the adjustment acknowledgement frame, the intermediate nodes  203  know that the bandwidth of the ODUflex link can be increased. Then, the resource increasing sub-module  20351  uses the reserved resource to implement increment adjustment for the bandwidth of the ODUflex link. 
     When the flow of the ODUflex link decreases and the bandwidth of the ODUflex link needs to be decreased, the decrement adjustment of the ODUflex bandwidth adjustment system for the link bandwidth is similar to the increment adjustment for the link bandwidth, so it is not repeated here. 
     Via this embodiment, the bandwidth of the ODUflex link is dynamically adjusted. Thus, various bandwidth requests of the packet client signals can be better satisfied, a bandwidth utilization rate can be effectively improved, and the bandwidth resource can be saved. 
     The disclosure adjusts the bandwidth of the ODUflex link by using the ODUflex bandwidth adjustment control frame which contains the bandwidth adjustment parameters. The ODUflex bandwidth adjustment parameters comprise a state indicator CTRL, a branch port number indicator TP#, a number of branch TS indicator TSN, an intermediate node state indicator ISC and an adjustment state confirmation indicator RSC. Optionally, the ODUflex bandwidth adjustment parameters also can comprise Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC). By using the parameters, the intermediate nodes can conveniently know the situation that the ODUflex link needs resource adjustment, and thus improving the adjustment efficiency of the link bandwidth. 
     By taking  FIG. 3  and  FIG. 4  as examples, the ODUflex bandwidth adjustment control frame according to the embodiment of the disclosure is described below. 
     As shown in  FIG. 3 , it shows a position diagram of ODUflex bandwidth adjustment parameters according to the embodiment of the disclosure. In the embodiment, an ODUflex frame comprises a frame locating area FAS OH, an OTU special overhead area OTU OH, an ODU special overhead area ODUflex OH, an Optical channel Payload Unit flexible Payload (OPUflex) and an OPU special overhead area OPUflex OH. The bandwidth adjustment parameters can be arranged on the first, second and third rows in the fifteenth column of the OPUflex OH area, so as to form a new OPUflex control overhead. The fifteenth column of the OPUflex OH area is a reserved area at present. On one hand, the arrangement of the parameters in this area can save the implementation cost and decrease the signalling overhead because of not using independent data frames. On the other hand, the arrangement of the parameters in this area makes the intermediate nodes, the source end and the sink end which receive the ODUflex frame interpret the related control overheads directly from the ODUflex to adjust the bandwidth, without too much adjustment of software and hardware. 
     The new OPUflex control overhead uses a multi-frame structure, and organizes the multi-frame via a Multi-Frame Alignment Signal (MFAS). The multi-frame can be composed of 4*N (N=1, 2, 3, . . . , 64) frames. In this embodiment, N=1. Thus, an enough space can be knowd for indicating the branch port number and number of the branch TS, which is convenient for expanding the overhead when a high-order ODU (HO ODU) with a higher rate appears in the future. The new OPUflex control overhead can be arranged in any position in the multi-frame structure. When N=1, the control overhead can be set as the structure shown in  FIG. 4 . 
     The definition of the new OPUflex control overhead is as follows. 
     2-bit CTRL: a state indicator, INCREMENT (01) represents to increase the branch TS, DECREMENT (10) represents to decrease TS, NORMAL (11) represents the normal state, and UNUSED (00) represents that the device does not support the adjustment. By setting the state indicator in the OPUflex control overhead, the bandwidth adjustment request of the ODUflex link can be directly acquired, and the extra signalling overhead can be decreased. 
     7-bit TP#: for indicating the branch port number which needs to increase or decrease the bandwidth; and it can uniquely represent the ODUflex frame. When it is HO OPU2, 3-bit can be used; when it is HO OPU3, 5-bit can be used, and when it is HO OPU4, 7-bit can be used. 
     7-bit TSN: for indicating the number of TSs which need to be increased or decreased. When it is HO OPU2, 3-bit can be used; when it is HO OPU3, 5-bit can be used; and when it is HO OPU4, 7-bit can be used. 
     1-bit ISC: an intermediate node state indicator; the intermediate nodes send the ODUflex frames to the source end So and the sink end Sk. ISC=OK(0) represents that the number of idle TSs of the intermediate nodes satisfies the requests; otherwise, it represents that the intermediate nodes do not have enough TSs to complete the adjustment, such as ISC=FAILED (1). The default value of the ISC is 0. 
     1-bit RSC: an adjustment state confirmation indicator, sent to the source end So and all the intermediate nodes from the sink end Sk. The RSC invert represents that the sink end Sk confirms receipt of the ODUflex bandwidth adjustment control frame, and all the intermediate nodes in the whole link can satisfy the TS requirement of the adjustment, and can implement the adjustment. 
     Optional CRC verification: certain bits of CRC can be selected and arranged for error verification in each frame of the ODUflex multi-frame. The CRC verification also can be saved. The embodiment selects CRC8 as an example. 
     As shown in  FIG. 5 , it shows a step flowchart of embodiment I of a bandwidth adjustment method for ODUflex based on GFP according to the embodiment of the disclosure, specifically comprising the following steps. 
     Step  501 : the source end sends the bandwidth adjustment control frame which contains the bandwidth adjustment parameters. 
     The bandwidth adjustment control frame can be the ODUflex frame shown in  FIG. 4 . The bandwidth adjustment parameters can comprise: the state indicator CTRL, the branch port number indicator TP#, the number of branch TS indicator TSN, the intermediate node state indicator ISC and the adjustment state confirmation indicator RSC. Optionally, the bandwidth adjustment parameters also can comprise the CRC verification. 
     Step  503 : a plurality of intermediate nodes forward the bandwidth adjustment control frame to the sink end via the ODUflex link; during the forwarding process, the plurality of intermediate nodes determine that the resource of the plurality of intermediate nodes can satisfy the bandwidth adjustment parameters, and then reserve the bandwidth adjustment resource. 
     The plurality of intermediate nodes between the source end and the sink end sequentially forward the bandwidth adjustment control frame to the sink end; during the forwarding process, each of the intermediate nodes determines whether the resource thereof satisfies the bandwidth adjustment parameters, and if yes, reserve the resource, and forward the bandwidth adjustment control frame to a next intermediate node. 
     Step  505 : after receiving the bandwidth adjustment control frame, the sink end feeds back the adjustment acknowledgement frame which contains the adjustment acknowledgement information to the source end via the plurality of intermediate nodes. 
     After receiving the bandwidth adjustment control frame, the sink end sends the adjustment acknowledgement frame which contains the adjustment acknowledgement information, wherein the adjustment acknowledgement frame can be the ODUflex bandwidth adjustment control frame of RSC invert; the plurality of intermediate nodes sequentially forward the adjustment acknowledgement frame to the direction of the source end, till the source end is reached. 
     Step  507 : the plurality of intermediate nodes implement adjustment for the bandwidth of the ODUflex link by using the reserved bandwidth adjustment resource according to the adjustment acknowledgement information of the adjustment acknowledgement frame. 
     After receiving the adjustment acknowledgement frame, the plurality of intermediate nodes confirm to implement the bandwidth adjustment, add the reserved bandwidth adjustment resource to the original ODUflex link, or remove the reserved bandwidth adjustment resource from the original ODUflex link. 
     As shown in  FIG. 6 , it shows a process chart for a successful ODUflex (GFP) bandwidth increase adjustment according to the embodiment of the disclosure. When all the intermediate nodes between the source end and the sink end have the idle TSs which can satisfy the increment request, the increment adjustment of the ODUflex (GFP) bandwidth can be completed. Specifically, the adjustment process comprises the following steps. 
     Step  601 : when the flow of the ODUflex link increases, an adjustment process for the bandwidth of the ODUflex link is started. 
     Step  602 : the NMS notifies the source end So to initiate the TS increment adjustment process. 
     Step  603 : the source end So sends the bandwidth adjustment control frame to a next intermediate node in the direction of the sink end Sk, wherein the bandwidth adjustment parameters are set as: CTRL=INCREMENT, ISC=OK, TP# is the port of which the bandwidth needs to be increased, and TSC is the number of TSs that is requested to be increased. 
     Steps  604 - 606 : after the intermediate nodes receive the CTRL=INCREMENT bandwidth adjustment control frame, if there are idle TSs which can satisfy the requests, the intermediate nodes reserve TSN TSs for the ODUflex link, wherein the TSN TSs first does not load the data; and the intermediate nodes forward the CTRL=INCREMENT bandwidth adjustment control frame to the next intermediate node, till the sink end Sk is reached. 
     Step  607 ; when the sink end Sk receives the ODUflex frame with CTRL=INCREMENT and ISC=0, it represents that all the intermediate nodes satisfy the adjustment request, and then the sink end Sk implements the connectivity check. After the connectivity check is passed, the sink end Sk sends an RSC invert control frame to the source end So via the intermediate nodes. 
     In this case, the connectivity check is an optional step. 
     Steps  608 - 611 : all the intermediate nodes which receive the RSC invert control frame know that all the intermediate nodes on the whole link can satisfy the adjustment request, and can implement the adjustment. In this case, the intermediate nodes add the reserved TSN TSs to the original ODUflex link. 
     Step  612 : after receiving the RSC invert control frame, the source end So changes the CTRL of the frame to be NORMAL, and sends the changed frame to the sink end Sk via the intermediate nodes. After receiving the ODUflex frame with the CTRL=NORMAL, the intermediate nodes and the sink end Sk know that a new bandwidth starts, and each of the intermediate nodes uses the adjusted bandwidth to load the ODUflex. 
     In the above, the Steps  608 - 611 , and Step  612  also can be that: Steps  608 - 611 : all the intermediate nodes which receive the RSC invert control frame know that the increment adjustment can be implemented; and 
     Step  612 : after receiving the RSC invert control frame, the source end So changes the CTRL of the frame to be NORMAL. After receiving the ODUflex frame with the CTRL=NORMAL, the intermediate nodes and the sink end Sk know that the increment adjustment starts, and add the reserved TSN TSs to the original ODUflex link. In this case, each of the intermediate nodes uses the adjusted bandwidth to load the ODUflex. 
     Via this embodiment, the increment adjustment for the bandwidth of the ODUflex link can be dynamically implemented without interrupting the existing service, and the implementation is simple. 
     As shown in  FIG. 7 , it shows a process chart of a failed ODUflex (GFP) bandwidth increase adjustment according to the embodiment of the disclosure. When any intermediate node between the source end and the sink end does not have the idle TSs needed for the increment adjustment, the increment adjustment for the ODUflex (GFP) bandwidth is failed. A failed increment adjustment process for the ODUflex (GFP) bandwidth comprises the following steps: 
     Step  701 : when the flow of the ODUflex link increases, the adjustment process for the bandwidth of the ODUflex link starts; 
     Step  702 : the NMS notifies the source end So to initiate the TS increment adjustment process; 
     Step  703 : the source end So sends the bandwidth adjustment control frame to the next intermediate node in the direction of the sink end Sk, wherein the bandwidth adjustment parameters are set as: CTRL=INCREMENT, ISC=OK, TP# is the port of which the bandwidth needs to be increased, and TSN is the number of TSs requested to be increased; 
     Steps  704 - 706 : after the intermediate node i−1 receives the CTRL=INCREMENT bandwidth adjustment control frame, if there are enough idle TSs, the intermediate node i−1 reserves TSN TSs for the ODUflex link, and forwards the CTRL=INCREMENT bandwidth adjustment control frame to the next intermediate node i; 
     Step  705 : after the intermediate node i receives the CTRL=INCREMENT bandwidth adjustment control frame, if there are not enough idle TSs for completing the adjustment, the intermediate node i respectively sends the ISC=FAILED bandwidth adjustment control frame to the direction of the source end So and to the direction of the sink end Sk, 
     wherein the step of sending the ISC=FAILED bandwidth adjustment control frame to the direction of the sink end Sk is optional; 
     Step  706 : after receiving the ISC=FAILED bandwidth adjustment control frame, all the intermediate nodes in the direction of the source end So know that some intermediate node cannot complete the adjustment; then these nodes first release the reserved TSN TSs; and after receiving the CTRL=INCREMENT and ISC=FAILED bandwidth adjustment control frame, all the intermediate nodes in the direction of the sink end Sk and the sink end Sk know that there is an increment adjustment, but some intermediate node cannot complete the adjustment; and 
     Step  707 : when the source end So knows that some intermediate node cannot complete the adjustment after receiving the ISC=FAILED bandwidth adjustment control frame, the source end So stops the current adjustment process. 
     Via this embodiment, when some intermediate node cannot complete the adjustment, the source end So and all the nodes before this intermediate node can be notified immediately, so as to make the resource reserved by the intermediate node be released immediately, without influencing the state of the current link. 
     As shown in  FIG. 8 , it shows a process chart of ODUflex (GFP) bandwidth decrease adjustment according to the embodiment of the disclosure. The adjustment process comprises the following steps: 
     Step  801 : when the flow of the ODUflex link decreases, the bandwidth decrease adjustment process for the ODUflex link is started; 
     Step  802 : the NMS notifies the source end So to initiate the TS decrement adjustment process; 
     Step  803 : the source end So sends the bandwidth adjustment control frame to the next node in the direction of the sink end Sk, wherein the bandwidth adjustment parameters are set as: CTRL=DECREMENT, ISC=OK, TP# is the port of which the bandwidth needs to be decreased, and TSC is the number of TSs requested to be decreased; 
     Steps  804 - 806 : after receiving the CTRL=DECREMENT bandwidth adjustment control frame, the intermediate nodes select TSN TSs as adjustment objects, without removing the TSN TSs at the moment, and continuously let the TSs work; and the intermediate nodes forward the CTRL=DECREMENT bandwidth adjustment control frame to the next intermediate node, till the sink end Sk is reached; 
     Step  807 : when the sink end Sk receives the CTRL=DECREMENT and ISC=0 bandwidth adjustment control frame, it represents that all the intermediate nodes between the source end So and the sink end Sk can satisfy the adjustment request, and then the sink end Sk implements the connectivity check; after the connectivity check is passed, the sink end Sk sends an RSC invert control frame to the direction of the source end So via the intermediate nodes, 
     wherein the connectivity check is a optional step; 
     Steps  808 - 811 : all the intermediate nodes which receive the RSC invert control frame know that the decrement adjustment can be implemented; and 
     Step  812 : after receiving the RSC invert control frame, the source end So changes the CTRL of the frame to be NORMAL; after receiving the CTRL=NORMAL ODUflex frame, the intermediate nodes and the sink end Sk know that the decrement adjustment starts, and remove the previously selected TSN TSs; and in this case, each of the intermediate nodes uses the adjusted bandwidth to load the ODUflex. 
     Via this embodiment, the decrement adjustment for the bandwidth of the ODUflex link can be dynamically implemented without interrupting the existing service, and the implementation is simple. 
     As shown in  FIG. 9 , it shows a step flowchart of embodiment I of an ODUflex (GFP) bandwidth increase adjustment method according to the embodiment of the disclosure, specifically comprising the following steps. 
     Step  901 : the NMS notifies the source end So to start the increment adjustment for the ODUflex link. 
     Sending of the ODUflex bandwidth adjustment control frame is started from the source end So. 
     Step  903 : the ODUflex bandwidth adjustment control frame is sent to the next intermediate node in the direction of the sink end Sk. 
     The OPU control overhead in the ODUflex bandwidth adjustment control frame is set to be: CTRL=INCREMENT, ISC=OK, TP# is the port which needs to increase the bandwidth, TSN and the like. 
     Step  905 : the intermediate node determines whether its own TS resource satisfies the TSN requirement, and if no, go to Step  907 ; otherwise, go to Step  913 . 
     Step  907 : the intermediate node respectively sends the ISC=FAILED ODUflex bandwidth adjustment control frame to the So direction and to the Sk direction. 
     In this step, the intermediate node also can send the ISC=FAILED ODUflex bandwidth adjustment control frame to the So direction only. 
     Step  909 : the intermediate node in the So direction releases the reserved TS and continues to forward the ISC=FAILED ODUflex bandwidth adjustment control frame to the So direction. 
     Step  911 : determine whether it is the So; and if no, go to Step  909 ; if yes, go to Step  927 . 
     Step  913 : the intermediate node reserves TSN TSs. 
     Step  915 : the intermediate node forwards the ODUflex bandwidth adjustment control frame to the next intermediate node in the Sk direction, and determines whether the next intermediate node is the Sk; and if no, go to Step  903 ; if yes, go to Step  917 . 
     Step  917 : the Sk sends the RSC invert control frame to the intermediate nodes in the So direction. 
     Step  919 : determine whether it is the So; and if no, go to Step  921 ; if yes, go to Step  923 . 
     Step  921 : the intermediate node adds the reserved TSs to the ODUflex link, and continues to forward the RSC invert control frame in the So direction; and then go to Step  919 . 
     Step  923 : the So sends the CTRL=NORMAL ODUflex bandwidth adjustment control frame to the intermediate nodes and the Sk. 
     Step  925 : the intermediate nodes and the Sk use the increased bandwidth to load the ODUflex. 
     Step  927 : the increment adjustment for the ODUflex bandwidth is completed. 
     As shown in  FIG. 10 , it shows a step flowchart of embodiment II of an ODUflex (GFP) bandwidth increase adjustment method according to the embodiment of the disclosure, specifically comprising the following steps. 
     Step  1001 : the NMS notifies the source end So to start the increment adjustment for the ODUflex bandwidth. 
     The ODUflex bandwidth adjustment control frame is sent from the source end So. 
     Step  1003 : the ODUflex bandwidth adjustment control frame is sent to the next intermediate node in the direction of the sink end Sk. 
     The OPU control overhead in the ODUflex bandwidth adjustment control frame is set to be CTRL=INCREMENT, ISC=OK, TP# is the port which needs to increase the bandwidth, TSN and the like. 
     Step  1005 : the intermediate node determines whether its own TS resource satisfies the TSN requirement; and if no, go to Step  1007 ; if yes, go to Step  1013 . 
     Step  1007 : the intermediate node respectively sends the ISC=FAILED ODUflex bandwidth adjustment control frame to the So direction and to the Sk direction. 
     In this step, the intermediate node also can send the ISC=FAILED ODUflex bandwidth adjustment control frame to the So direction only. 
     Step  1009 : the intermediate node in the So direction releases the reserved TSs and continues to forward the ISC=FAILED ODUflex bandwidth adjustment control frame to the So direction. 
     Step  1011 : determine whether it is the So; and if no, go to Step  1009 ; if yes, go to Step  1027 . 
     Step  1013 : the intermediate node reserves TSN TSs. 
     Step  1015 : the intermediate node forwards the ODUflex bandwidth adjustment control frame to a next intermediate node in the Sk direction, and determines whether the next intermediate node is the Sk; and if no, go to Step  1003 , if yes, go to Step  1017 . 
     Step  1017 : the Sk sends the RSC invert control frame to the intermediate node in the So direction. 
     Step  1019 : determine whether it is the So; and if no, go to Step  1021 , if yes, go to Step  1023 . 
     Step  1021 : the intermediate node knows that the increment adjustment can be implemented, and continues to forward the RSC invert control frame to the So direction; and then go to Step  1019 . 
     Step  1023 : the So sends the CTRL=NORMAL ODUflex bandwidth adjustment control frame to the intermediate nodes and Sk. 
     Step  1025 : after receiving the CTRL=NORMAL control frame, and adding the reserved TSs to the ODUflex link, the intermediate nodes and Sk use the increased bandwidth to load the ODUflex. 
     Step  1027 : the ODUflex bandwidth increase adjustment is completed. 
     As shown in  FIG. 11 , it shows a step flowchart of an embodiment of an ODUflex(GFP) bandwidth decrease adjustment method of the disclosure, specifically comprising the following steps. 
     Step  1101 : the NMS notifies the source end So to start the ODUflex bandwidth decrease adjustment. 
     The ODUflex bandwidth adjustment control frame is sent from the source end So. 
     Step  1103 : the ODUflex bandwidth adjustment control frame is sent to a next intermediate node in the direction of the sink end Sk. 
     The OPU control overhead in the ODUflex bandwidth adjustment control frame is set to be CTRL=DECREMENT, ISC=OK, TP# is the port which needs to increase the bandwidth, TSN and the like. 
     Step  1105 : the intermediate node selects TSN TSs, without removing the TSs at this time, and continues to send the ODUflex bandwidth adjustment control frame to the Sk direction. 
     Step  1107 : determine whether it is the Sk; and if no, go to Step  1103 ; if yes, go to Step  1109 . 
     Step  1109 : the Sk sends the RSC invert control frame to the intermediate node in the So direction. 
     Step  1111 : determine whether it is the So; and if no, go to Step  1113 ; if yes, go to Step  1115 . 
     Step  1113 : the intermediate node continues to forward the RSC invert control frame to the So direction; and then go to Step  1111 . 
     Step  1115 : the So sends the CTRL=NORMAL ODUflex bandwidth adjustment control frame to the intermediate nodes and Sk. 
     Step  1117 : after receiving the CTRL=NORMAL control frame, and removing the reserved TSs from the ODUflex link, the intermediate nodes and Sk use the adjusted bandwidth to load the ODUflex. 
     Step  1119 : the ODUflex bandwidth decrease adjustment is completed. 
     Obviously, those skilled in the art should understand that each of the mentioned modules or steps of the disclosure can be realized by universal computing devices. The modules or steps can be focused on single computing device, or distributed on the network formed by multiple computing devices. Optionally, they can be realized by the program codes which can be executed by the computing device. Thereby, the modules or steps can be stored in the storage device and executed by the computing device. Under some circumstances, the shown or described steps can be executed in different orders, or can be independently manufactured as each integrated circuit module, or multiple modules or steps thereof can be manufactured to be single integrated circuit module, so as to be realized. Thus, the disclosure cannot be limited by any combination of the specific hardware and software. 
     The above is only the preferred embodiments of the disclosure and is not intended to limit the scope of protection of the disclosure. For those skilled in the art, the disclosure can have various improvements and modifications. And any modifications, equivalent replacements, improvements and the like within the spirit and principle of the disclosure shall fall within the scope of protection of the disclosure.