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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2010
Filed:
May. 05, 2005
Mark T. Paulson, Excelsior, MN (US);
Mark T. Paulson, Excelsior, MN (US);
Calix Networks, Inc., Petaluma, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention is directed to a pluggable module and mounting socket for use in an optical network terminal (ONT). In particular, the mounting socket accepts a pluggable module comprising either a dual-section triplexer card or a single-section diplexer card, thereby allowing a vendor to selectively change the type of PON transport by simply changing the diplexer/triplexer pluggable module to support either diplexer or triplexer applications. The ability to configure the ONT by swapping out the pluggable diplexer/triplexer module eliminates the need for a manufacturer to maintain two different versions of the ONT, i.e., with or without video.