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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2003
Applicant:
Shimon Hochbaum, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Inventor:
Shimon Hochbaum, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Assignee:
Tellabs Petaluma, Inc., Petalum, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The memory of the optical line terminal (OLT) of a broadband passive optical network (BPON) is increased to store, in addition to an active identity number, such as the serial number, of the current optical network terminal (ONT) connected to a network end point, a standby identity number, such as the serial number, of a replacement optical network terminal (ONT) when upgrades are requested by the end users, or partial or total failures are reported by the end users.