Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110058810 | OPTICAL NETWORK UNIT (ONU) AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE ONU - Provided is an Optical Network Unit (ONU) and a method of operating the ONU. The ONU may include: a measurement unit to measure a downstream optical signal strength of downstream data received from an Optical Line Termination (OLT) via an optical splitter; a determination unit to determine an upstream optical signal strength based on the measured downstream optical signal strength; and a communication unit to transmit, to the OLT via the optical splitter, upstream data generated based on the determined upstream optical signal strength. | 03-10-2011 |
20110099545 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY UPDATING SOFTWARE INSTALLED IN TERMINALS IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided is a method of controlling a server to simultaneously update software installed in a plurality of terminals in a communication system, the method including: receiving an update message from each of the terminals; determining a size of a transmission window based on the update message; processing an image of software to be transmitted to the plurality of terminals, based on the size of the transmission window; and transmitting the image of software to the plurality of terminals. | 04-28-2011 |
20110103382 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FILTERING MULTICAST PORT IDENTIFIER IN GIGABIT-CAPABLE PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK (GPON) SYSTEM - Provided is an apparatus for filtering a multicast port identifier, the apparatus including: a processor to receive an Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) message from a switching unit, to verify a traffic reception request received from a subscriber terminal based on the IGMP message, and to store a value in a filtering register based on the traffic reception request; and an Optical Network Unit (ONU) Media Access Control (MAC) manager to filter a packet to be forwarded to the subscriber terminal, using a port identifier for traffic forwarding and reception with the subscriber terminal, and using the value of the filtering register indicating an existence of traffic to be forwarded to the subscriber terminal. | 05-05-2011 |
20120045210 | OPTICAL SUBSCRIBER NETWORK - An optical subscriber network for power reduction is provided. The optical subscriber network may include an Optical Line Terminal (OLT) and an Optical Network Terminal (ONT). The OLT may manage a plurality of ONTs by classifying the plurality of ONTs into a sleep group, and may multicast a sleep allowance message only to ONTs included in a predetermined sleep group. | 02-23-2012 |
20120045214 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BURST MODE CLOCK AND DATA RECOVERY - Provided is an optical line terminator (OLT) to recover packet data and a clock from an optical signal including a silent interval. The OLT may receive packet data and a clock from at least one optical network unit (ONU). Even in a silent interval in which the at least one ONU does not transmit packet data, the OLT may successfully recover the clock. | 02-23-2012 |
20120163799 | Method for Transmitting OAM Message and Processing Error in PON System - A method of transmitting an Operations, Administration and Maintenance (OAM) message and of processing an error in a Passive Optical Network (PON) system is provided. Using an OAM packet format that may be used in common in the PON system, a process of transmitting or receiving an OAM message may be simplified, an efficiency of the process may be increased, and an Optical Network Unit (ONU) may be managed at a high speed. | 06-28-2012 |
20120163806 | OPTICAL LINE TERMINAL DEVICE AND OPTICAL NETWORK DEVICE - Disclosed is an optical line terminal device which includes a media access control (MAC) block configured to convert Ethernet packets and port identifiers into a downstream frame or an upstream frame into the Ethernet packets and the port identifiers; and a central processing unit (CPU) configured to control the MAC block, wherein the MAC block includes a traffic monitoring part which is configured to receive the port identifiers and to provide identifier information of an optical network device according to the port identifiers; and wherein the CPU is configured to generate a control frame for controlling a power supplied to the optical network device, according to identifier information of the optical network device. | 06-28-2012 |
20120163808 | DETECTING ROGUE ONU, OLT AND PON SYSTEM - A method and apparatus of detecting a rogue optical network unit (ONU) is provided. An optical line terminal (OLT) detects an abnormal upstream transmission to determine a plurality of rogue ONU candidates, and transmits a sleep allow message instructing a transition to a sleep mode to each of the plurality of rogue ONU candidates. The OLT detects the rogue ONU among the plurality of rogue ONU candidates based on upstream transmissions from the plurality of rogue ONU candidates in the sleep mode. Since the detection of the rogue ONU is performed in the sleep mode, the remaining ONUs can transition from the sleep mode to the normal mode after the detection of the rogue ONU is completed, thereby making it possible to rapidly resume upstream communication. | 06-28-2012 |
20120163830 | OPTICAL REPEATER AND OPTICAL SIGNAL AMPLIFYING METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed is an optical amplifier which includes an upward optical amplifier configured to amplify an input upward optical signal of an input optical signal; and a control circuit configured to control an operation of the upward optical amplifier according to whether an upward stream is detected from the input upward optical signal. | 06-28-2012 |
20120315046 | PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK (PON)-BASED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING HANDOVER AMONG OPTICAL NETWORK TERMINALS (ONTS) - A Passive Optical Network (PON)-based system and method for providing handover between Optical Network Terminals (ONTs) are provided. The PON-based system may include an Optical Line Terminal (OLT), and an ONT to relay communication between the OLT and a mobile terminal. When the mobile terminal is connected to the ONT, the ONT may transmit a WiFi location update alarm message to the OLT, and the OLT may update a Look-Up Table (LUT) in response to the WiFi location update alarm message. | 12-13-2012 |
20130156426 | LOW POWER OPTICAL NETWORK TERMINAL AND METHOD OF OPERATING LOW POWER OPTICAL NETWORK TERMINAL - Disclosed is a low power optical network terminal (ONT) and a method of operating the low power ONT. The low power ONT may include a network media access control (MAC) processing unit to transmit and receive traffic to and from an optical line terminal (OLT), a switching unit to receive the traffic transmitted from the network MAC processing unit and transmit the traffic to a subscriber terminal and to receive the traffic from the subscriber terminal and transmit the traffic to the OLT, and a control unit to control traffic transmission from the network MAC processing unit when a power mode is a low power mode. | 06-20-2013 |
20130188947 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING OPTICAL LINE - An apparatus and method for monitoring an optical line is provided. The optical line monitoring apparatus may include a comparison unit to extract first identification information about an optical network terminal (ONT) from reflected data that is reflected and received from the optical line, and to compare the extracted first identification information to predetermined second identification information about the ONT, and a processor to analyze a state of the optical line using the reflected data when the first identification information is identical to the second identification information. | 07-25-2013 |
20130188953 | OPTICAL NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING OPTICAL NETWORK SYSTEM - An optical network system for controlling a passive optical network (PON) in which at least one symmetric optical subscriber terminal and at least one asymmetric optical subscriber terminal coexist is provided. | 07-25-2013 |
20140059531 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPDATING TERMINAL SOFTWARE - Disclosed are a method and apparatus for updating a terminal software version. The method includes providing software update start information including window size information and software image storage space information to a plurality of terminals, receiving first response information in accordance with provision of the software update start information from the plurality of terminals, and providing software update information in accordance with the window size information to the plurality of terminals in units of sections. | 02-27-2014 |