Systems and methods for bandwidth allocation in a passive optical network

A method comprising:

• identifying, by a dynamic bandwidth allocation (DBA) engine, one or more transmission containers used by an optical line terminal (OLT) of a passive optical network (PON), the OLT in communication with one or more optical network terminals (ONTs);
• allocating, by the DBA engine responsive to registration of the one the one or more transmission containers, for the one or more transmission containers a constant bit rate (CBR) bandwidth from upstream bandwidth capacity of the PON, each of the one or more transmission containers to be used by an associated ONT for one or more CBR applications;
• receiving, by the OLT an indication of a status of a CBR application of the one or more CBR applications;
• modifying, by the DBA engine responsive to the indication, CBR bandwidth usage of the one or more ONTs in a bandwidth map (BW Map);
• and
• communicating, by the OLT, the bandwidth map to the one or more ONTs.

A device comprising:

• one or more processors, coupled to memory, and configured with:
• a dynamic bandwidth allocation (DBA) engine to identify one or more transmission containers used by an optical line terminal (OLT) of a passive optical network (PON), the OLT in communication with one or more optical network terminals (ONTs);
• wherein the DBA engine is configured to allocate for one or more transmission containers a constant bit rate (CBR) bandwidth from upstream bandwidth capacity of the PON responsive, each of the one or more transmission containers to be used by an associated ONT for one or more CBR applications;
• wherein the device is configured to receive an indication of a status of a CBR application of the one or more CBR applications as being open or closed;
• wherein the DBA engine, responsive to the indication, is configured to modify CBR bandwidth usage of the one or more ONTs in a bandwidth map (BW Map);
• and
• wherein the device communicates the bandwidth map to the one or more ONTs.