# US 8,542,995 B2 · Optical network terminal, method for time syncronization thereof, optical line terminal, and method for managing network thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,542,995 B2 - Document ID: US8542995B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 12/902,273 - Filed: 2010-10-12 - Published: 2011-06-02 - Granted: 2013-09-24 - Earliest claimed: 2009-11-27 - Assignees: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute - Applicants: Sung Chang Kim - Inventors: Sung Chang Kim - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8542995B2 ## CPC - H04J 3/0682: {by delay compensation, e.g. by compensation of propagation delay or variations thereof, by ranging} - H04J 3/1694: {Allocation of channels in TDM/TDMA networks, e.g. distributed multiplexers (Passive Optical Networks H04Q11/0062)} - H04J: MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION (transmission in general H04B; peculiar to transmission of digital information H04L5/00; systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal H04N7/08; in exchanges H04Q11/00; stereophonic systems H04S) ## Abstract A method for synchronizing time by an optical network terminal (ONT) in a passive optical network system is provided. The method includes: receiving a ranging request message including a first current time of an optical line terminal (OLT); calculating a first compensation time when a transmission delay is compensated at a time that the ranging request message is received; transmitting a serial number response message to the OLT; calculating a second compensation time when the transmission delay is compensated at a time when the serial number response message is transmitted; receiving a ranging time message including a second current time when the serial number response message from the OLT is received; calculating an offset time from the first current time, the second current time, the first compensation time, and the second compensation time; and synchronizing a clock of the ONT and a clock of the OLT based on the offset time. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for time synchronization of an optical network terminal (ONT), which is a connection apparatus of a service provider of a passive optical network system, and an optical line terminal (OLT), which is a transmitting/receiving apparatus of a service provider of the passive optical network system, comprising: shifting to a ranging state; receiving a ranging request message that comprises a first current time of the optical line terminal from the optical line terminal; calculating a first compensation time when a transmission delay is compensated at a time that the ranging request message is received; transmitting a serial number response message to the optical line terminal; calculating a second compensation time when the transmission delay is compensated at a time that the serial number response message is transmitted; receiving a ranging time message that comprises a second current time when the serial number response message from the optical line terminal is received; calculating an offset time from the first current time, the second current time, the first compensation time, and the second compensation time; and synchronizing a clock of the optical network terminal and a clock of the optical line terminal based on the offset time. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method for time synchronization of claim 1, wherein the calculating the offset time comprises: calculating a unidirectional delay delta value based on the first current time, the second current time, the first compensation time, the second compensation time, a refractive index of an upstream wavelength, and a refractive index of a downstream wavelength; and calculating the offset time based on the unidirectional delay delta value, a length of a physical control block downstream (PCBd) field, and a downstream speed. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method for time synchronization of claim 2, wherein the calculating the unidirectional delay delta value comprises: determining, as the unidirectional delay delta value, a result that multiplies a value that subtracts a difference value of the second current time and the second compensation time from a difference value of the first compensation time and the first current time by a value obtained by dividing the downstream refractive index by a sum of the downstream refractive index and the upstream refractive index. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The method for time synchronization of claim 2, wherein the calculating the offset time determines comprises a result of addition of a value found by dividing the length of the PCBd field by the downstream speed and the unidirectional delay delta value as the offset time. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method for time synchronization of claim 1, wherein the calculating the first compensation time comprises determining a result of subtraction of a value obtained by dividing the length of the PCBd field by the downstream speed from the first current time as the first compensation time. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method for time synchronization of claim 1, wherein the calculating the second compensation time comprises determining a result of adding a value that is found by dividing a value of addition of a length of a physical layer overhead upstream (PLOu) field and a length of a physical layer operation and maintenance (PLOAM) field, by an upstream speed, to the first current time, as the second compensation time. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method for time synchronization of claim 1, wherein the synchronizing comprises shifting to an operation state, receiving a synchronous time message comprising the third current time of the optical line terminal from the optical line terminal, and adding the third current time to the offset time. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method for time synchronization of claim 7, wherein the synchronizing is repeatedly performed at a predetermined period. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method for time synchronization of claim 1, wherein the receiving the ranging request message, the calculating the first compensating time, the transmitting the serial number response message, the calculating the second compensation time, the receiving the ranging time message, and the calculating the offset time is performed again when the peripheral environment is changed. ### Claim 10 An optical network terminal that is a connection apparatus of a subscriber of a passive optical network system, comprising: a receiver that receives a ranging request message and a ranging time message from an optical line terminal that is a transmitting and receiving apparatus of a service provider of the passive optical network system; a transmitter that transmits a serial number response message as a response to the ranging request message to the optical line terminal; a detector that detects the ranging request message and the ranging time message; a storage unit that stores a first current time when the optical line terminal transmits the ranging request message and a second current time when the optical network terminal transmits the serial number response message; and a calculator that calculates the first compensation time when the transmission delay is compensated from the first current time and calculates the second compensation time when the transmission delay is compensated from the second current time. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The optical network terminal of claim 10, wherein the calculator determines a result of subtraction of a value obtained by dividing a length of a PCBd field by a downstream speed from the first time as the first compensation time, and determines a result of adding a value that is found by dividing a value of addition of a length of a PLOu field and a length of a PLOAM field by an upstream speed to the second current time as the second compensation time. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The optical network terminal of claim 10, wherein the calculator further calculates a unidirectional delay delta value based on the first current time, the second current time, the first compensation time, the second compensation time, a refractive index of an upstream wavelength, and a refractive index of a downstream wavelength, and determines the offset time based on the unidirectional delay delta value, the length of the PCBd field, and the downstream speed. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The optical network terminal of claim 11, further comprising a synchronizer that synchronizes a clock of the optical network terminal and a clock of the optical line terminal based on the offset time. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The optical network terminal of claim 13, wherein the receiver receives the synchronous time message from the optical line terminal, and the synchronizer adds a third current time when the optical line terminal transmits the synchronous time message of the offset time.