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Optical line terminal and an optical network unit

US11881891B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY · FI

Inventors

Bart Pauwels · Tessenderlo, BE
Michael Fivez · Lier, BE
Carl Mertens · Brasschaat, BE
Koenraad Schelfhout · Zwijndrecht, BE
Werner Van Hoof · Aartselaar, BE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 22, 2021
Grant date	Jan 23, 2024
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 22, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04Q2011/0086
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Example embodiments describe an optical line terminal, OLT, configured to perform determining a fragmentation allocation for respective ONUs; and notifying, the respective ONUs, of the fragmentation allocation. Other example embodiments relate to an optical network unit, ONU, configured to perform receiving, from the OLT, fragmentation allocation for fragmenting one or more packets; processing the packets in accordance with the fragmentation allocation to obtain fragmented and unfragmented packets; and forwarding, to the OLT, the fragmented and unfragmented packets in accordance with the dynamic upstream allocation map.

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