Method and system for upstream bandwidth allocation in a passive optical network

US8934772B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8934772-B2
Application numberUS-201013577913-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateNov 5, 2010
Priority dateFeb 12, 2010
Publication dateJan 13, 2015
Grant dateJan 13, 2015

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A method for upstream bandwidth allocation in a passive optical network is provided by the disclosure. The method includes the following steps: an Optical Line Terminal (OLT) allocates an upstream bandwidth for an Optical Network Unit (ONU) through an upstream bandwidth mapping (US BWmap) domain, wherein the total length B of payloads transmitted by consecutive Transmission Containers (T-CONTs) allocated for the ONU is: the product of the positive integer n and the data byte length L contained in a code word when the ONU uses Forward Error Correction (FEC) encoding, minus the byte length R of the contents protected by FEC, except the payloads, in an upstream burst slot transmitted by the ONU, i.e. B=L×n−R bytes ( 401 ); and the ONU encapsulates the upstream data according to the size of the T-CONT total bandwidth allocated by the OLT and transmits it to the OLT ( 402 ). A system for upstream bandwidth allocation in a passive optical network is also provided by the disclosure. Application of the disclosure reduces the complexity of processing FEC-encoded data by the ONU and the OLT, and improves the encoding efficiency of the ONU and the decoding efficiency of the OLT.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A method for upstream bandwidth allocation in a Passive Optical Network (PON), comprising: allocating, by an Optical Line Terminal (OLT), an upstream bandwidth for an Optical Network Unit (ONU) through an Upstream Bandwidth Map (US BWmap) domain in terms of a total length B of payloads transmitted by consecutive Transmission Containers (T-CONTs) allocated for the ONU, wherein B is the product of a positive integer n and a byte length L of data containe…

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What does patent US8934772B2 cover?
A method for upstream bandwidth allocation in a passive optical network is provided by the disclosure. The method includes the following steps: an Optical Line Terminal (OLT) allocates an upstream bandwidth for an Optical Network Unit (ONU) through an upstream bandwidth mapping (US BWmap) domain, wherein the total length B of payloads transmitted by consecutive Transmission Containers (T-CONTs)…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Zhang Weiliang, Geng Dan, Zte Corp
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04J3/1694. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jan 13 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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