Fujitsu Corporation

Setsuo Abiru

Toshinori Koyanagi

Toshiyuki Sakai

Kazuhiro Uchida

Tamotsu Matsuo

Kenji Miura

Yoshimi Toyoda

Takashi Monzawa

Katsuhiko Hirashima

Jun Asato

Kazuya Ryu

Shinichi Fujiyoshi

Mitsuharu Wakayoshi

Hideki Shiono

Tateo Shimaru

Masamichi Kasa

Kanna Okamura

Masashi Shibata

An optical network unit and an optical line terminal which efficiently control the data receiving and dechurning processes in a passive optical network. In a churning parameter memory subsystem, a first memory bank stores churning parameters that are currently used, while a second memory bank stores updates made to the churning parameters. Under the control of the churning parameter memory subsystem, those first and second memory banks change their roles with each other at a churning key updating time point. A data dechurning unit receives a data stream consisting of a plurality of frames and dechurns the information contained in the data stream, according to the stored churning parameters. When an update is done to the parameters in a certain frame, the data dechurning unit makes the update effective at the next frame, thus starting data dechurning operations from the next frame.

Optical network unit and optical line terminal

In a communication system comprising a network unit and a plurality of subscriber units connected to the network unit, the network unit generates a message in which validity of transmission grant information is set for the subscriber units, and suspends a transmission of polling information to allocate a transmission grant to the subscriber units by using the transmission grant information for a fixed time in consideration of a processing time of the subscriber units from a time when the message has been completely transmitted. Also, when a disconnection state of an inputted cell from the subscriber units is detected, the network unit may suspend an input disconnection detecting operation for a fixed time from a time when the message and the polling information have been completely transmitted. Furthermore, a switchover of an input disconnection detection/transmission grant information may be suspended by mutually exchanging messages.

Communication system

An optical line terminal which sends and receives messages or data to/from optical network units (ONUs) connected thereto. A cyclic message monitor produces a trigger signal, for use in a PLOAM grant generator, at certain intervals in harmonization with upstream messages that a specific optical network unit regularly transmits. A downstream message monitor watches outgoing downstream messages to detect a certain message requesting an ONU to return a response, and it triggers the PLOAM grant generator if such a message is detected. An upstream message monitor detects an upstream message whose identification code indicates that the sending ONU has no information to return. If such an upstream message is found, it limits the issuance of PLOAM grants to that optical network unit. The PLOAM grant generator produces PLOAM grants which permit ONUs to transmit their messages, and sends them out through a PLOAM cell transmitter.

Optical line terminal

An optical subscriber line terminal unit and a state transition control method are provided which are capable of stabilizing operation. State information storing means, which is a nonvolatile memory, stores state information about the unit. Startup preparatory state shifting means causes a shift to a startup preparatory state at startup. Flag setting means sets an emergency stop state flag during the period of the startup preparatory state if it is judged based on the state information that a state before the startup is an emergency stop state. State transition control means causes a shift from the startup preparatory state to the emergency stop state if the emergency stop state flag is set, and causes a shift from the startup preparatory state to an initial state if the emergency stop state flag is not set.

Optical subscriber line terminal unit and a state transition control method

A delay adjustment unit and optical network unit which efficiently adjust the delay time of upstream data to improve the quality of data transmission services. Upstream transmission data is segmented into small data blocks. A downstream receiver receives control information on which upstream data blocks are granted or not granted to the unit. It also received an equalization delay update request that commands the unit to update its current equalization delay parameter. When this equalization delay update request is received, a delay adjustment controller controls the delay of each data block, depending on whether the transmission of each subsequent data block is granted. An upstream transmitter then transmits the granted data blocks with the adjusted delay times.

Delay adjustment unit and method, optical network unit, and communication system

In a homo-code continuity proof testing device for testing with test data including a predetermined homo-code continuity proof test pattern, a testing device on a transmitting side synchronizes the test data in the form of a frame, including a predetermined test pattern, a data synchronous pattern, an error detecting pattern, and preferably a frame synchronous pattern for testing a homo-code continuity proof strength, with a predetermined clock, to be transmitted. A tested device on a receiving side extracts a clock included in the test data, detects the data synchronous pattern, the error detecting pattern, and the frame synchronous pattern in synchronization with the extracted clock, and determines a homo-code continuity proof test by the detection/undetection of each pattern.

Homo-code continuity proof testing device

Growing community of inventors

Kawasaki, Japan

Setsuo Abiru