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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2013
Applicant:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ryan E. Hirth, Windsor, CA (US);
Edward W. Boyd, Petaluma, CA (US);
Sanjay Goswami, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Assignee:
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/08 (2011.01); H04B 10/20 (2011.01); H04J 14/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for reducing power consumption in a Passive Optic Network (PON). The system comprises an optical line terminal (OLT), an optical network unit (ONU), a traffic-detection module configured to detect status of traffic to and from the ONU, and a power-management module configured to place the ONU in sleep mode based on the detected traffic status. The ONU includes transmitting and receiving components that are selectively powered down during the sleep mode based on a type of traffic in the ONU.