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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2010
Applicants:
Lior Khermosh, Givatayim, IL;
Zachy Haramaty, Ramat Gan, IL;
Jeff Mandin, Jerusalem, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
PMC Sierra Ltd., Herzlia Pituach, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and system is provided for securing communication on an EPON. Particularly different types of encrypted messages, each with a respective short MAC SegTAG, may be sent from the OLT to an ONU and from an ONU to the OLT without need for a full SecTAG with an explicit SCI. Discovery and control messages may be encrypted and a security offset may be less than 30 bytes. A packet header including its MAC address may be encrypted.