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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2011
Glen Kramer, Petaluma, CA (US);
Ryan Edgar Hirth, Windsor, CA (US);
Robin Grindley, San Rafael, CA (US);
Edward Wayne Boyd, Petaluma, CA (US);
Glen Kramer, Petaluma, CA (US);
Ryan Edgar Hirth, Windsor, CA (US);
Robin Grindley, San Rafael, CA (US);
Edward Wayne Boyd, Petaluma, CA (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of an apparatus including a user network interface configured to receive from a network a packet to be transmitted upstream over a PON are provided herein. The packet is marked with a first category type or a second category type. The apparatus further includes an upstream first in, first out (FIFO) queue configured to store the packet if the packet is marked with the first category type or the second category type.