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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2023
Filed:
Nov. 06, 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 ...
H04J 14/00 (2006.01); H04J 14/02 (2006.01); H04B 10/27 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 14/023 (2013.01); H04B 10/27 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method may include determining a number of categories associated with optical network units (ONUs) in a system and assigning an allocation identifier to each of the respective categories. The method may also include transmitting the assigned allocation identifiers to the ONUs and transmitting a contention-based allocation to the ONUs, wherein the contention-based allocation includes a first one of the allocation identifiers.