GENERIC OPERATIONS, ADMINISTRATION, AND MANAGEMENT (OAM) FUNCTION

摘要

There is provided a system comprising: a processor in electrical communication with a data packet network that includes a first network device having a first network node and a second network device having a second network node; and a non-transitory memory having stored thereon at least one program module, comprising: generating a frame denoting a protocol data unit (PDU) to implement at least one OAM function within the data packet network; encapsulating the PDU in a packet having a header; transmitting the packet from the first network node to the second network node; wherein the PDU is a generic PDU (GPDU) for implementing at least one generic OAM (GOAM) function across the first and second network nodes operating different transmission protocols, at the same logical communication layer or at different logical communication layers; wherein the header includes GOAM indication information denoting the presence of the GPDU within the packet.