In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a frame including a baseline header
including a recipient address (RA) field, a transmitter address (TA) field, a destination …

BACKGROUND To allow communication between the various nodes of a network, the are
address of a node should be discoverable when a new node is added to the network …

Embodiments disclosed herein provide a hybrid fiber-copper access network in which a
main OLT sends data to the DSLAMs via a plurality of point-to-point optical fiber …

(57) ABSTRACT A method is provided including the steps of monitoring at least one
performance metric of at least one network compo nent in an optical network system …

It is therefore an objective of this invention to pro vide a optical network remote power
Supply system which is capable of Supplying electrical power to a remote Switching unit in …

Abstract Systems and methods for performing protection switching in a passive optical
network are provided. When a fiber cut is detected, control and management plane …

A normal system OSU, a redundancy system OSU, an optical switch, a concentration switch,
and a controller which detects a command input by operation control and performs control …

This application is the US national phase of International Application No.
PCT/GB2009/000056 filed 28 Jan. 2009, which designated the US and claims priority to …

In a passive optical network (PON), a burst-mode receiver of an optical line terminator (OLT)
is initialized during an initialization phase, such as ranging, by asserting one or more reset …

BACKGROUND A passive optical network (PON) technology is a point-to multipoint (P2MP)
optical access technology, and a PON system includes an optical line termination (OLT), an …