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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2010
Yukio Hirano, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Mukai, Tokyo, JP;
Yukio Hirano, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroaki Mukai, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication method of an optical communication system in which a plurality of ONUs are connected to an OLT, includes steps (a) allocating, by the OLT, a transmission bandwidth to an ONU capable of an operation in a sleep mode in which an optical transmitter is tentatively halted for a predetermined sleep period, and transmitting a transmission bandwidth notification to the ONU when the ONU is in the sleep mode and when the ONU is not in the sleep mode; (b) receiving, from the ONU to which the transmission bandwidth is allocated, a response signal when the ONU is not in the sleep mode, wherein the response signal is or is not received during the sleep mode; and (c) suppressing, by the OLT, an alarm in the sleep mode, the alarm being caused by a communication failure with the ONU on a basis of the response signal not being received.