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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2019
Filed:
May. 01, 2017
Applicant:
Roy B. Tebbe, Raleigh, NC (US);
Inventor:
Roy B. Tebbe, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
Nokia of America Corporation, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 14/02 (2006.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04L 12/863 (2013.01); H04Q 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 14/0235 (2013.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04L 47/623 (2013.01); H04Q 11/0067 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of handling upstream data transmissions in a passive optical network includes determining signal power levels of a plurality of optical network units (ONUs); and scheduling transmissions of upstream data bursts of the plurality of ONUs by, assigning each of the upstream data bursts to one of two or more data burst groups based on the determined signal power levels, and selecting time intervals during which the upstream data bursts are transmitted in accordance with the two or more data burst groups such that the two or more data burst groups are scheduled to be transmitted sequentially.