Validating the service continuity of deployed fiber serving terminals

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processing system of an optical splitter including at least one processor, cause the processing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• broadcasting, from a central office of a passive optical network, a beacon signal to a plurality of beacon responders, wherein each beacon responder of the plurality of beacon responders is connected to a respective fiber serving terminal of a plurality of fiber serving terminals of the passive optical network;
• changing a counter in response to each response message that is received from the plurality of beacon responders in response to the beacon signal;
• and
• generating a report indicating which fiber serving terminals of the plurality of fiber serving terminals are functioning properly or which fiber serving terminals of the plurality of fiber serving terminals are not functioning properly, based on whether a count of the counter is equal to an expected number of responses, after an expiration of a predefined period of time.

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processing system, cause the processing system to perform operations comprising:
• broadcasting, from a central office of a passive optical network, a beacon signal to a plurality of beacon responders, wherein each beacon responder of the plurality of beacon responders is connected to a respective fiber serving terminal of a plurality of fiber serving terminals of the passive optical network;
• changing a counter in response to each response message that is received from the plurality of beacon responders in response to the beacon signal;
• and
• generating a report indicating which fiber serving terminals of the plurality of fiber serving terminals are functioning properly or which fiber serving terminals of the plurality of fiber serving terminals are not functioning properly, based on whether a count of the counter is equal to an expected number of responses, after an expiration of a predefined period of time.