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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2023
Applicant:
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Inventors:
Yannick Lefevre, Heverlee, BE;
Amitkumar Mahadevan, Edison, NJ (US);
Werner Van Hoof, Aartselaar, BE;
Assignee:
Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/00 (2013.01); H04J 14/02 (2006.01); H04Q 11/00 (2006.01); H04J 14/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 11/0067 (2013.01); H04J 14/0246 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0064 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0079 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various example embodiments for supporting optical communications in an optical communication system are presented herein. Various example embodiments for supporting optical communications in an optical communication system may be configured to support optical communications within a passive optical network (PON) including an optical line terminal (OLT) and an optical network unit (ONU) where communications between the OLT and the ONU is supported based on support for multiple ONU instances of the ONU within the PON.