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Apparatus for executing multi-point control protocol in Ethernet passive optical network

US7301970B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 29, 2003
Grant dateNov 27, 2007
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Expiry dateJan 22, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04Q2011/0064
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A MAC master apparatus for executing a multi-point control protocol (MPCP) data in an optical line termination (OLT) of an Ethernet passive optical network (PON) is provided. The MPCP master apparatus includes a CPU interface unit, two or more memory arbitration control units, a SGA table memory, a RTT table memory, a static grant generation unit, a dynamic grant generation unit, a static grant queue, a dynamic grant queue, a sending message queue, a sending multiplexing unit, a time setting unit, a receiving window generation unit, an upstream grant queue, a received demultiplexing unit, a report queue and a received message queue. Therefore, any frame, including MPCP frames from/to the CPU can be sent or received, and a grant can be allocated statically according to a setting or dynamically according to a report from the ONUs.

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