| 20110110662 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATING AUTOMATED SWITCHING IN A PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK - An approach is provided for integrating one or more fiber switches in a passive optical network. A platform generates a command signal to control a splitter hub of a passive optical network, the splitter hub being configured to communicate with a plurality of optical network terminals that respectively serve a plurality of customer premises. The splitter hub includes a fiber switch configured to provide switching between one of a plurality of input ports and one of a plurality of output ports of the splitter hub. | 05-12-2011 |
