Multiplex communications – Channel assignment techniques – Adaptive selection of channel assignment technique
Reexamination Certificate
2007-07-17
2007-07-17
Levitan, Dmitry (Department: 2616)
Multiplex communications
Channel assignment techniques
Adaptive selection of channel assignment technique
Reexamination Certificate
active
10192835
ABSTRACT:
A passive optical network (PON) in accordance with the invention uses a superframe having a number of subframes arranged in a two-dimensional array, wherein for normal data transfer subframes are allocated to each optical network unit (ONU) column by column, left to right, and within each column subframes are allocated from top to the bottom. Initially, for ranging, at least two subframes are allocated to an ONU, adjacent to a diagonal of the superframe (which may go from the top left corner of the superframe to the bottom right corner, or alternatively from the top right corner to the bottom left corner). In some embodiments, instead of allocating subframes column by column, the subframes are evenly spaced apart from one another, and conflicts with a previous allocation are resolved by adjustment, and optionally an evaluation function may be used to find an optimal allocation.
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He Ying
Shi Haixing
Hallman Jonathan W.
Levitan Dmitry
MacPherson Kwok & Chen & Heid LLP
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