Embodiments of this application provide a signal frame processing method and a related device. A sink node performs delay compensation on a received service, so that delay variation generated in a transmission process of the service can be effectively eliminated. The method in embodiments of this application includes the following steps. First, the sink node receives a signal frame. A payload area of the signal frame is used to bear a target service, and an overhead area of the signal frame includes a node quantity field. Then, the sink node determines, based on the node quantity field, a quantity of nodes through which the target service passes during transmission. Further, the sink node performs delay compensation on the target service based on the quantity of nodes.

Provided are a service flow transmission method and apparatus, a device, and a storage medium. The service flow transmission method includes: acquiring service flows; and performing transmission via different FlexE outgoing interfaces according to priorities of the service flows. By means of determining priorities of service flows, and performing transmission via different FlexE outgoing interfaces according to the priorities of the service flows, mutual interference between service flows can be prevented.

A wavelength and bandwidth allocation method which includes in order a wavelength determination step S4 of determining a plurality of wavelengths of an uplink signal from each ONU to OLT to guarantee a guaranteed bandwidth corresponding to a subscription service class of each ONU and a reference bandwidth distribution step S5 of distributing, as reference bandwidths, all bandwidths of the plurality of wavelengths determined in the wavelength determination step S4 to each ONU according to the subscription service class of each ONU and making the reference bandwidths of ONUs whose subscription service classes are the same be the same.

Methods and systems are provided for determining a shortest minimum regeneration path in an optical network. The method includes creating a virtual node at a source node, the source node communicatively coupled to a destination node through a plurality of nodes and links. The method includes traversing the virtual nodes, wherein traversing the virtual nodes comprises selecting an unvisited virtual node at a node; identifying a candidate virtual node from the unvisited virtual node; determining whether the candidate virtual node exceeds a maximum permitted weight; determining whether the candidate virtual node violates a shortest minimum regeneration path condition; and creating the new virtual node from the candidate virtual node if the candidate virtual node does not exceed the maximum permitted weight and if the candidate virtual node does not violate the shortest minimum regeneration path condition.

The present invention provides a path computation method, a Path Computation Element (PCE), a node device, and a network system. The method includes: receiving a path computation request message (S201), where the path computation request message carries a network type identifier and traffic parameter constraint conditions of a path required to be computed, and the network type identifier indicates a type of a network where the path required to be computed locates; determining the network through the network type identifier, and computing the path in the network according to the traffic parameter constraint conditions (S202); and sending a path computation response message (S203), where the path computation response message carries the computed path. The problem of distinguishing and computing Traffic Engineer (TE) paths for various types of services in a multi-region convergence network is solved.

In general, techniques are described for dynamically determining a logical network topology for more efficiently transporting network traffic over a physical topology based on end-to-end network traffic demands and optical transport network (OTN) characteristics of the network. The techniques may be applicable to meeting network traffic demands placed upon a multi-layer network having a base transport layer and a logical or overlay Internet Protocol (IP) layer routed on the transport layer.

A data storage system is disclosed that includes a recirculating loop storing data in motion. The data may be carried by a signal via the loop including one or more satellites or other vessels that return, for example by reflection or regeneration, the signals through the loop. The loop may also include a waveguide, for example an optical fiber, or an optical cavity. Signal multiplexing may be used to increase the contained data. The signal may be amplified at each roundtrip and sometimes a portion of the signal may be regenerated.

A data storage system is disclosed that includes a recirculating loop storing data in motion. The data may be carried by a signal via the loop including one or more satellites or other vessels that return, for example by reflection or regeneration, the signals through the loop. The loop may also include a waveguide, for example an optical fiber, or an optical cavity. Signal multiplexing may be used to increase the contained data. The signal may be amplified at each roundtrip and sometimes a portion of the signal may be regenerated.

This application discloses a communication method and apparatus, which belong to the communication field and are used for data frame transmission. The method is applied to a transit node of a communication system, and the method includes: receiving a data frame, where the data frame includes a bandwidth exclusive channel number, and the data frame is an optical transport network data frame or a microwave data frame; when the bandwidth exclusive channel number carried in the data frame is a preset bandwidth exclusive channel number, obtaining scheduling information and a sink node address from the data frame; and scheduling the data frame based on the scheduling information, and forwarding the data frame to a sink node indicated by the sink node address. In this application, bandwidth utilization of the bandwidth exclusive channel is improved.

A data storage system is disclosed that includes a recirculating loop storing data in motion. The data may be carried by a signal via the loop including one or more satellites or other vessels that return, for example by reflection or regeneration, the signals through the loop. The loop may also include a waveguide, for example an optical fiber, or an optical cavity. Signal multiplexing may be used to increase the contained data. The signal may be amplified at each roundtrip and sometimes a portion of the signal may be regenerated.