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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2025
Frontier Communications Holdings, Llc, Dallas, TX (US);
John Valdez, Copper Canyon, TX (US);
James Steacy, Dallas, TX (US);
Bryan Pauling, Rochester, NY (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
Techniques for communicating between client devices connected to components in a Passive Optical Network (PON) include establishing a communication session with an optical network terminal (ONT) in a PON via a short-range communication link. The PON includes an optical line terminal (OLT) optically connected to the ONT via one or more optical fibers. Furthermore, the techniques include presenting an indication of a second client device communicating with a component in the PON optically coupled to the ONT, where the ONT is downstream of the component. Additionally, the techniques include establishing a messaging session between the first client device and the second client device, and receiving a communication from the second client device indicating a repair status of the component in the PON, where repair of the ONT depends on the repair status of the component.