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Optical network power consumption mitigation

US11664916B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

MaxLinear, Inc. · US

Inventors

Armin Pitzer · Krefeld, DE
Anthony Sanders · Birkenfeld, DE
Christian Jenkner · Friesach, AT

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 24, 2020
Grant date	May 30, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 30, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04J3/1694
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The described implementations relate a Passive Optical Network (PON). In one implementation, the PON includes an Optical Network Unit (ONU) that has at least one transmitter subsystem component and an associated optical transmitter. The at least one transmitter subsystem component may be configured to be in an enabled state during a timeslot period assigned to the ONU for transmitting an upstream data burst and a disabled state after the timeslot ends.

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