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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2022
Method and system to implement a demarcation point between a provider network and a customer network
Deutsche Telekom Ag, Bonn, DE;
Adva Optical Networking Se—headquarters, Munich, DE;
Markus Lautenschlager, Cadolzburg, DE;
Markus Klumb, Bergisch Gladbach, DE;
Sander Jansen, Germering, DE;
Christophe Meyer, Meiningen, DE;
DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG, Bonn, DE;
ADTRAN NETWORKS SE, Meiningen, DE;
Abstract
A system installed in a cross-border area between a provider network of a provider and a customer network of a customer includes: a smart optical network termination device (NT) at a site of the customer, wherein the smart optical NT is configured to implement a demarcation point between the customer network and the provider network, and wherein the smart optical NT is independent of a data rate passing through it and an optical interface connected to it; and a monitoring device located at a point of presence (POP) of the provider network. The smart optical NT is further configured to monitor a coupling of optical power by the customer into the provider network and to interact with the monitoring device via at least one traffic analysis point (TAP) for connectivity validation from the POP to the demarcation point.