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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2007
Raymond E. Tyrrell, Beaufort, NC (US);
Collins Williams, Raleigh, NC (US);
John P. Mathew, Raleigh, NC (US);
David Hansen, Raleigh, NC (US);
Raymond E. Tyrrell, Beaufort, NC (US);
Collins Williams, Raleigh, NC (US);
John P. Mathew, Raleigh, NC (US);
David Hansen, Raleigh, NC (US);
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A system, method and computer readable medium comprising instructions for sending a message from an Optical Network Terminal (ONT) to an Optical Line Terminal (OLT), if the ONT does not receive an expected OLT action or an expected OLT response to the message within a period, considering the non-receipt of the expected OLT action or the expected OLT response a failure, and if a certain number of consecutive failures have occurred, considering by the ONT that it has entered an uncontrolled state.