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US 2017/0324538 A1Published application
Skew Calculation in Channel-Bonded Passive Optical Networks (PONs)
AssigneeFuturewei Technologies, Inc.
InventorsFrank Effenberger, Duane Remein
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Abstract
An apparatus comprises: a first clock; a receiver configured to: receive a first packet via a first channel corresponding to a first wavelength, and receive a third packet via a third channel corresponding to a third wavelength; and a processor coupled to the receiver and configured to: implement channel bonding using the first channel and the third channel, synchronize the first clock based on the first packet, and calculate a channel skew between the first channel and the third channel based on the first clock.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a first clock;
- a receiver configured to:
- receive a first packet via a first channel corresponding to a first wavelength;
- and
- receive a third packet via a third channel corresponding to a third wavelength;
- and
- a processor coupled to the receiver and configured to:
- implement channel bonding using the first channel and the third channel;
- synchronize the first clock based on the first packet;
- and
- calculate a channel skew between the first channel and the third channel based on the first clock.
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A method comprising:
- receiving a first packet via a first channel corresponding to a first wavelength;
- receiving a third packet via a third channel corresponding to a third wavelength;
- implementing channel bonding using the first channel and the third channel;
- synchronizing a first clock based on the first packet;
- and
- calculating a channel skew between the first channel and the third channel based on the first clock.
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An optical line terminal (OLT) comprising:
- a master clock;
- a receiver configured to:
- receive a second packet via a second channel corresponding to a second wavelength;
- and
- receive a fourth packet via a fourth channel corresponding to a fourth wavelength;
- and
- a processor coupled to the receiver and configured to:
- implement channel bonding using the second channel and the fourth channel;
- and
- calculate a channel skew between the second channel and the fourth channel based on the master clock.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.