FTTx Networking Protection

Definition
Huawei access devices support comprehensive E2E networking protection
solutions, which protect access devices, the network side, and the access side
by rapidly switching services to the standby link in the event of a fault on the
active link. This ensures stable service running and improves access network
reliability.
Protected Object Solution Function
Dual control boards
Supports rapid active/standby switching in the
Dual power boards
Device hardware event of a hardware fault or system upgrade.
Dual upstream
Shares the load, doubling the total bandwidth.
transmission boards
Shares the load and increases upstream bandwidth.
Ethernet link
Members in an aggregation group back up each
aggregation
Ethernet other, improving uplink reliability.
uplinks or Supports active/standby switching for uplink ports,
Ethernet port
cascading improving uplink reliability.
protection group
links Can be used with Ethernet link aggregation.
Huawei proprietary protocol, which improves the
Smart link
protection switching performance of dual uplinks.
Is compatible with STP and RSTP and remedies STP
Network and RSTP drawbacks.
side Multiple Spanning Supports rapid convergence. The duration is
Tree Protocol (MSTP) determined based on the number of nodes on the
Ethernet ring.
uplink ring Supports non-Huawei devices.
networks
ITU-T G.8032-
Supports rapid convergence, meeting the carrier-
compliant Ethernet
class switching requirement of 50 ms.
ring protection
Supports non-Huawei devices.
switching (ERPS)
Improves uplink reliability when STM-1 ports are
STM-1 STM-1 port
connected to an SDH device to provide the TDM
uplinks protection
service.
Protects OLT's GPON ports and feeder fibers.
GPON type B
Features lower cost and simpler implementation
protection
when compared with GPON type C protection.
PON
Access side Protects OLT's GPON ports, feeder fibers, optical
downlinks
GPON type C splitters, and distribution fibers.
protection Provides higher reliability than GPON type B
protection.

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 Application
E2E Networking Protection
STM-1 port protection
switching

ONU PTN

OLT SDH

ONU LAN switch

BRAS

Downlink protection: Device protection: Ethernet uplink ring protection:

•GPON Type B •Dual control boards •MSTP
•GPON Type C •Dual power boards •ERPS (ITU-T G.8032)
•Dual upstream Ethernet uplink protection:
transmission boards •Ethernet link aggregation
1 •Ethernet port protection group
•Smart link
Multiple Ethernet Uplink
Networking Protection Solutions

Aggregation network

Uplink dual homing

Smart Link (using port
protection groups or
aggregation groups)
LACP (supporting
inter-board link
aggregation)
Port protection
MSTP/ERPS ring group

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 Highlights
1. Dual Control Boards, Supporting Upgrades Without Interrupting Services

MA5600T MA5608T
Dual control
boards
Dual upstream
Dual control boards (including
Dual power transmission
upstream transmission boards)
boards boards

Dual control boards working in

active/standby mode support:
Dual upstream Rapid service switching.
Dual control
transmission boards Uninterrupted data forwarding.
MA5603T
boards
Concurrent upgrades of the active
and standby control boards.
Dual power Dual control boards working in load
boards sharing mode:
Double the switching bandwidth.

2. ITU-T G.8032-compliant ERPS for Better Interoperability and Rapid Convergence,

Meeting Ring Networking Protection Requirements

ONU Access node NMS

X
xDSL modem
IP
ERPS BRAS

Phone
NGN/IMS

3. Two Intra- or Inter-Board STM-1 Ports Can Constitute a Protection Group for the
TDM Service, Providing Board- or Port-Level Protection

Native TDM <-> STM-1 (TOPA board+O2CE daughter board)

GPON Native TDM STM-1

protection
N x E1
SDH
TDM
ONT
Access node

Both active and standby links transmit the same data, but only the data
transmitted over the active link is received, implementing dual transmitting and
selective receiving.
The switching duration is less than 50 ms.
Two STM-1 links must connect to one SDH device in the upstream direction.

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4. Ethernet Link Aggregation Working with Ethernet Port Protection Groups for
Multiple Uplink Protection

Ethernet link aggregation

Access node LAN switch supports:
The aggregation of a
maximum of eight links.
Ethernet Ethernet 50-ms intra-board
packages Aggregation group packages switching.
200-ms inter-board
switching.
An Ethernet port
Working link protection group:
Access node
LAN switch Supports inter-board
protection.
Ethernet Ethernet Can take effect in an
packages Aggregation packages aggregation group.
group Protection link Supports ports,
aggregation groups, or
boards as its members.

Both Ethernet link aggregation and Ethernet port protection groups can work with
ARP detection or bidirectional forwarding detection (BFD) to rapidly switch links,
meeting the 50-ms carrier-class switching requirement.

5. GPON Type B and Type C Protection

Type B
Protects any two PON ports on an OLT
and ONUs do not need to register with
ONU 1 the OLT again after link switching.
Supports automatic synchronization of
OLT configuration data on PON ports.
ONU N
Type C Single Homing

 Protects enterprise and base station

ONU 1
private line services.
 Simplifies networking and OLT/ONU
OLT
ONU N 3 management.

Type C Dual Homing

OLT 1
 Protects power systems as well as
ONU 1 enterprise and base station private
line services.
 OLTs can be located in different
places.
OLT 2
ONU N

Working port Working link

Protection port Protection link
PON port Protection scope

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1. Control Boards Working in Load Sharing Mode
Specification SCUN SCUH MCUD MCUD1
Layer 2 packet
forwarding 1452 Mpps 2856 Mpps 380 Mpps 380 Mpps
capability
Switching capacity 960 Gbit/s 1920 Gbit/s 256 Gbit/s 256 Gbit/s
Maximum
8 x GE 8 x 10GE 8 x GE 4 x GE+2 x 10GE
upstream traffic

2. Ethernet Upstream Transmission Protection-supported Boards

SCUN/SCUH
Feature / MCUD GIU SPUC SPUF OPGE ETHB
/MCUD1
MSTP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ERPS Yes Yes No Yes No No
Intra-board
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
aggregation
Inter-board
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
aggregation
Intra-board
Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
protection group
Inter-board
Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
protection group

3. GPON Downstream Transmission Protection-supported Boards

Feature GPFD GPBH
GPON type B protection Yes Yes
GPON type C protection Yes Yes

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