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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2020
Applicant:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Denis A. Khotimsky, Westborough, MA (US);
Eugene DeFrancisci, Seaford, NY (US);
Gregory K. Sherrill, Herndon, VA (US);
Assignee:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 11/0067 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0064 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0088 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method may include transmitting an open contention-based grant to optical network units (ONUs) and receiving, from at least one of the ONUs, a response to the open contention-based grant. The method may also include determining whether a collision has occurred in response to the open contention-based grant. The method may further include provisioning grants to ONUs in response to determine that a collision has occurred.