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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
May. 17, 2013
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
An optical line terminal (OLT) configured to receive transmission requests from a plurality of both network elements (NE) and customer premises equipment (CPE), allocate a timeslot to each NE for transmission on an optical distribution network (ODN), and a timeslot to each CPE for transmission on an electrical distribution network (EDN), wherein each NE intermediates between the OLT and the CPEs. Included is a NE configured to transmit a timeslot to a CPE for transmission on an EDN allocated by an OLT, receive data frames from the CPE during the timeslot, and forward the data frames to the OLT without rescheduling. Also included is a method comprising sending a transmission request to an OLT, receiving a timeslot from the OLT for transmission on an EDN in response, transmitting data frames to a NE during the timeslot, wherein the NE forwards the data frames to the OLT without rescheduling.