Method for online switching of operation mode of ONT, ONT and OLT

An optical network terminal, comprising:

• a receiving module configured to receive an optical network unit (ONU) management and control interface (OMCI) message in an online state, wherein the OMCI message carries an indication message for switching an operation mode;
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• a switching module configured to switch the operation mode to a network bridge mode or a gateway mode according to the indication message,
• wherein the indication message for switching the operation mode comprises an attribute value of a non-OMCI management identifier for a UNI-G instance to which a target Ethernet user network interface belongs.

A method for online switching of an operation mode of an optical network terminal, comprising:

• establishing, by an optical line terminal, a data link for the optical network terminal through an optical network unit management and control interface (OMCI) protocol;
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• transmitting, by the optical line terminal, an OMCI message to the optical network terminal, wherein the OMCI message carries an indication message for switching the operation mode of the optical network terminal to a network bridge mode or a gateway mode, and the indication message for switching the operation mode comprises:
• an attribute value of a non-OMCI management identifier for a UNI-G instance to which a target Ethernet user network interface belongs.

An optical line terminal, comprising:

• an establishment module configured to establish a data link for an optical network terminal through an optical network unit management and control interface (OMCI) protocol;
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• a transmission module configured to transmit an OMCI message to the optical network terminal to indicate the optical network terminal to switch an operation mode to a network bridge mode or a gateway mode, wherein the OMCI message carries an indication message for switching an operation mode of the optical network terminal, and the indication message for switching the operation mode comprises:
• an attribute value of a non-OMCI management identifier for a UNI-G instance to which a target Ethernet user network interface belongs.