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ATM-PON ONU controlling apparatus

US7142544B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 10, 2001
Grant dateNov 28, 2006
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Expiry dateAug 22, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2012/5615
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A PON slave controller for use in a PON ONU system capable of processing in unit of byte outputs an enable signal to external for a mini-slot payload and receives a byte input signal for enabling usage of an arbitrary MAC (Medium Access Control) technique loading arbitrary data in a mini-slot. An ATM-PON ONU controlling apparatus of the present invention includes a cell receiving unit for transferring an ATM cell through a receiving UTOPIA interfacing unit to external and transferring a message in a PLOAM cell, a cell transmitting unit for loading the ATM cell received through a transmitting UTOPIA interfacing unit in a granted slot and transferring in upstream and downstream by loading the message being on standby in payload of the PLOAM cell when the PLAOM cell is transmitted, and a message processing unit for setting internal signals by processing the received message or instructing operation of a plurality of functional blocks, and transferring the message requested by the plurality of functional blocks through the cell transmitting unit.

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