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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2024
Frontier Communications Holdings, Llc, Dallas, TX (US);
Ryan C. Bennett, Arlington, WA (US);
Jeremy S. Papke, Monroe, WA (US);
FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for performing an upstream trace operation are presented. An exemplary method may include obtaining an indication of a new service location of a passive optical network (PON); detecting a physical polyline route, within the PON, from an on-ramp facility corresponding to the new service location to a serving office of the PON, the detecting based on (i) respective geospatial locations of a plurality of optical components of the PON, and (ii) interconnections of the plurality of optical components, and the plurality of optical components including the on-ramp location, a terminal disposed at the serving office, and at least one optical fiber optically connecting the on-ramp location and the terminal; and causing optical services to be delivered from the serving office to the new service location via the detected physical polyline route.