Technique of identifying a defective subscriber device in a...

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2011-03-15

2011-03-15

Vanderpuye, Ken N (Department: 2613)

Optical communications

Diagnostic testing

Fault detection

C398S017000, C398S098000, C398S100000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07907843

ABSTRACT:
In a point-to-multipoint network of an optical line terminal (OLT) and multiple optical network units (ONUS) wherein each ONU is enabled to send a signal only within a time period enabled for the ONU, the OLT (or a system installed therein) identifies a defective one of the ONUs. For each of a given series of time periods, the OLT measures an optical reception level of an optical fiber signal in the time period. The OLT stores, in advance, in a table at least the reception level of a received signal from each ONU in association with the ONU. The reception level is measured in a normal state where signals from the ONUs are exclusively received. For each of the given series of time periods, the OLT decides whether a signal from one of the ONUs associated with the time period is exclusively received with no collision with any other signal. If the signal from an ONU associated with the time period is not exclusively received, the OLT identifies the defective ONU based on a measured optical reception level for the time period, a stored reception level of an ONU stored in the table and associated with the time period and the table.

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patent: 2002-359596 (2002-12-01), None

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