Methods and apparatus for service protected ranging in a pon
OwnerMoshe Oron, Christophe P. Leroyinventors
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Abstract
In various example embodiments, a system, method and apparatus are provided for assuring that a ranging process on a PON does not affect real-time services. In an example embodiment, a method is provided. The method includes designating a real-time frame every R frames in a communications system. The method also includes designating frames intervening between real-time frames as non-real-time frames. The method may further include determining a quiet zone is needed for detection of network equipment. Moreover, the method may include scheduling a quiet zone of one or more consecutive non-real-time frames. Additionally, the method may include receiving ranging signals from the network equipment during the quiet zone.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving real-time data only in real-time frames every Rth frame;
- receiving non-real-time data in frames intervening between real-time frames;
- determining a quiet zone is needed for detection of ONT network equipment;
- scheduling a quiet zone of one or more frames intervening between real-time frames;
- and
- receiving ranging signals from the network equipment during the quiet zone.
A method, comprising:
- designating a real-time frame every R frames in a communications system;
- designating frames intervening between real-time frames as non-real-time frames;
- determining a quiet zone is needed for detection of network equipment;
- scheduling a quiet zone of one or more consecutive non-real-time frames;
- and
- receiving ranging signals from the network equipment during the quiet zone.
A machine readable medium embodying instructions, the instructions causing a processor executing the instructions to perform a method, the method comprising:
- designating a real-time frame every R frames in a communications system;
- designating frames intervening between real-time frames as non-real-time frames;
- determining a quiet zone is needed for detection of network equipment;
- scheduling a quiet zone of one or more consecutive non-real-time frames;
- and
- receiving ranging signals from the network equipment during the quiet zone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.