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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
May. 17, 2010
Applicants:
John Ferdinand Sisto, Rohnert Park, CA (US);
Edward Wayne Boyd, Petaluma, CA (US);
Inventors:
John Ferdinand Sisto, Rohnert Park, CA (US);
Edward Wayne Boyd, Petaluma, CA (US);
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates dynamic allocation of upstream bandwidth in a passive optical network which includes a central node and at least one remote node. Each remote node is coupled to at least one logical entity, which corresponds to a device or a user, that transmits upstream data to the central node and receives downstream data from the central node. The central node is coupled to an external network outside of the passive optical network through a shared out-going uplink.