User premises fiber interconnect as-a-service
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsRajendra Damle, Lynn Nelson
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Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a fiber interconnect system that includes gateways and wall boxes. Gateways and wall boxes may include pluggable modules with client side connectors and may include optical connections. The client side connectors may be coupled to client devices via Ethernet connections, HDMI connections, and the like. The gateways and wall boxes may be coupled by optical fibers. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims20
A device, comprising:
- a processing system including a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving a first bitstream that is wavelength multiplexed on an optical fiber coupled to a multi-protocol fiber interface of the device;
- determining that the first bitstream is addressed to a local port of the device;
- converting the first bitstream into a native signal format and providing the first bitstream in the native signal format to the local port;
- receiving a signal from the local port;
- converting the signal to a second bitstream and addressing the second bitstream to a port on a different device;
- and
- wavelength multiplexing the second bitstream onto the optical fiber coupled to the multi-protocol fiber interface.
A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
- receiving, by a multi-protocol fiber interconnect device, configuration data over an optical fiber coupled to a multi-protocol fiber interface of the multi-protocol fiber interconnect device, the configuration data specifying addressing information for routing logical bitstreams to or from one or more local ports of the multi-protocol fiber interconnect device;
- receiving, by the multi-protocol fiber interconnect device, a first bitstream that is wavelength multiplexed on the optical fiber;
- determining, by the multi-protocol fiber interconnect device, based on the addressing information, that the first bitstream is addressed to a local port of the multi-protocol fiber interconnect device;
- converting, by the multi-protocol fiber interconnect device, the first bitstream into a native signal format corresponding to the local port;
- and
- providing, by the multi-protocol fiber interconnect device, the first bitstream in the native signal format to the local port of the multi-protocol fiber interconnect device.
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a processing system including a processor within a multi-protocol fiber interconnect device, a wavelength-multiplexed signal on an optical fiber coupled to a multi-protocol fiber interface of the multi-protocol fiber interconnect device, the wavelength-multiplexed signal comprising a plurality of logical bitstreams;
- identifying, by the processing system, a first logical bitstream from the plurality of logical bitstreams that is addressed to a local port of the multi-protocol fiber interconnect device;
- extracting, by the processing system, the first logical bitstream from the wavelength-multiplexed signal without disrupting other logical bitstreams in the wavelength-multiplexed signal;
- converting, by the processing system, the first logical bitstream into a corresponding native signal format based on characteristics of the local port;
- and
- outputting, by the processing system, the first logical bitstream in the corresponding native signal format to the local port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.