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Method and system to implement a demarcation point between a provider network and a customer network

US12207031B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG · DE
ADTRAN NETWORKS SE · DE

Inventors

Markus Lautenschlager · Cadolzburg, DE
Markus Klumb · Moitzfeld, DE
Sander Jansen · Germering, DE
Christophe Meyer · Meiningen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 24, 2022
Grant date	Jan 21, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 11, 2043

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04Q2011/0083
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system installed in a cross-border area between a provider network of a provider and a customer network of a customer includes: a smart optical network termination device (NT) at a site of the customer, wherein the smart optical NT is configured to implement a demarcation point between the customer network and the provider network, and wherein the smart optical NT is independent of a data rate passing through it and an optical interface connected to it; and a monitoring device located at a point of presence (POP) of the provider network. The smart optical NT is further configured to monitor a coupling of optical power by the customer into the provider network and to interact with the monitoring device via at least one traffic analysis point (TAP) for connectivity validation from the POP to the demarcation point.

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