Systems and methods for coarse wavelength division multiplexing premise level data communication

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12155458-B2
Application number	US-202218057464-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 21, 2022
Priority date	Dec 31, 2021
Publication date	Nov 26, 2024
Grant date	Nov 26, 2024

Abstract

Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for managing premise-level data communication in a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) fiber optic network. An example method includes receiving, by a control system, a message from a new device connected to the WDM fiber optic network, the message including one or more service provider identifiers, a customer identifier, and a customer equipment identifier of the new device. The method further includes transmitting, by the control system, a configuration command to the new device, the configuration command including (i) an indication of which wavelengths the new device may utilize, and (ii) an indication of message types that may be transmitted using each wavelength the new device may utilize. The method further includes causing, by the control system, transmission of a service fee to each service provider associated with a service provider identifier of the one or more service provider identifiers.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for managing premise-level data communication in a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) fiber optic network, the method comprising:
receiving, by a control system, a message from a new device connected to the WDM fiber optic network, the message including one or more service provider identifiers, a customer identifier, and a customer equipment identifier of the new device;
transmitting, by the control system, a configuration command to the new device, the configuration command comprising (i) an indication of which wavelengths the new device may utilize, and (ii) an indication of message types that may be transmitted using each wavelength the new device may utilize; and
causing, by the control system, transmission of a service fee to each service provider associated with a service provider identifier of the one or more service provider identifiers.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message is received via a fiber optic network.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the message is received via passive-optical networking.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration command is configured to describe up to sixteen wavelengths the new device may utilize.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration command is indicative of a wavelength that corresponds to an out-of-band control channel.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration command is indicative of up to three wavelengths that each correspond to a utility or government channel.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration command is indicative of a wavelength that corresponds to an emergency channel.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration command is indicative of a wavelength that corresponds to a spare channel.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration command is indicative of up to eleven wavelengths that each correspond to a commercial service provider channel.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
assigning, by a control system, a port tag for each port of the new device based on the one or more received service provider identifiers.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein each port tag describes a service provider identifier, a customer identifier, a customer equipment identifier, and an optical tele-toll identifier port.

12. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
receiving, by the control system, a service provider change indication indicative of a change in service providers for the new device;
identifying, by the control system, one or more ports the new device affected by the service provider change indication; and
updating, by the control system, the port tag for each affected port tag of the new device.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
transmitting, by the control system, an updated configuration command to the new device, the updated configuration command comprising an updated indication of message types that may be transmitted using each wavelength the new device may utilize.

14. An apparatus for managing premise-level data communication in a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) fiber optic network, the apparatus comprising a processor and a memory storing software instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to:
receive a message from a new device connected to the WDM fiber optic network, the message including one or more service provider identifiers, a customer identifier, and a customer equipment identifier of the new device;
transmit a configuration command to the new device, the configuration command comprises (i) an indication of which wavelengths the new device may utilize, and (ii) an indication of message types that may be transmitted using each wavelength the new device may utilize; and
cause transmission of a service fee to each service provider associated with a service provider identifier of the one or more service provider identifiers.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the message is received via a fiber optic network.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the message is received via passive-optical networking.

17. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the configuration command is configured to describe up to sixteen wavelengths the new device may utilize.

18. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the configuration command is indicative of a wavelength that corresponds to an out-of-band control channel.

19. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the configuration command is indicative of up to three wavelengths that each correspond to a utility or government channel.

20. A computer program product for managing premise-level data communication in a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) fiber optic network, the computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing software instructions that, when executed by an apparatus, cause the apparatus to:
receive a message from a new device connected to the WDM fiber optic network, the message including one or more service provider identifiers, a customer identifier, and a customer equipment identifier of the new device;
transmit a configuration command to the new device, the configuration command comprises (i) an indication of which wavelengths the new device may utilize, and (ii) an indication of message types that may be transmitted using each wavelength the new device may utilize; and
cause transmission of a service fee to each service provider associated with a service provider identifier of the one or more service provider identifiers.

Assignees

• Duke Energy Corp
• A Plus Community Solutions Inc
• Duke Energy Corp A Plus Community Solutions Inc

Inventors

• Wages Ronald K
• Morrow Larry J

Classifications

• H04J14/0275

  using an optical service channel · CPC title

• H04J14/0246

  using one wavelength per ONU · CPC title

• H04J14/0234 Primary

  using multiple wavelengths · CPC title

• H04J14/0282 Primary

  WDM tree architectures · CPC title