802.3av Compliant Method Using Small Timescale Bandwidth Assignment for Increased ONU Downstream Energy Efficiency
AssigneeNEC Laboratories America, Inc.
InventorsNeda Cvijetic, Konstantinos Kanonakis, Jingjing Zhang
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Abstract
A method for small scale time increased bandwidth assignment to increase optical network unit ONU downstream energy efficiency includes splitting of downstream scheduling cycles into multiple rounds, using selective ones of the multiple rounds as probing rounds and other than said selective ones of the multiple rounds as fixed rounds, the probing rounds and fixed rounds being cooperatively selected for energy efficiency without limitations in length of the downstream scheduling cycles.
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A method for small scale time increased bandwidth assignment to increase optical network unit ONU downstream energy efficiency, said method comprising the steps of:
- a. splitting of downstream scheduling cycles into multiple rounds;
- b. using selected ones of said multiple rounds as probing rounds and other than said selected ones of said multiple rounds as fixed rounds, said probing rounds and fixed rounds being cooperatively selected for energy efficiency without limitations in length of said downstream scheduling cycles.
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