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US 9,667,673 B2Granted
Extending EPON multi-point control protocol to run on Ethernet PON over coax networks
AssigneeFuturewei Technologies, Inc.
InventorsLiming Fang, Jim Chen, Li Zhang
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Abstract
A method implemented by a middlebox comprising registering a customer premises equipment (CPE) in the middlebox, wherein the CPE is coupled to the middlebox via an electrical line, and facilitating registration of the CPE in a central office (CO) equipment coupled to the middlebox.
Claims14
An apparatus comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- generate a discovery gate message;
- process a register request message based on the discovery gate message;
- generate a register message based on the register request message;
- process and instruct forwarding of a gate message downstream from an optical line terminal (OLT) to a coaxial network unit (CNU) based on the register message;
- and
- process and instruct forwarding of a register acknowledgement message based on the gate message;
- a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to transmit the discovery gate message, the register message, the gate message, and the register acknowledgement message;
- and
- a receiver coupled to the processor and configured to receive the register request message, the gate message, and the register acknowledgement message.
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A method implemented by an apparatus, the method comprising:
- generating a discovery gate message;
- transmitting the discovery gate message to a coaxial network unit (CNU);
- receiving a register request message from the CNU and in response to the discovery gate message;
- processing the register request message;
- generating a register message in response to the register request message;
- transmitting the register message to the CNU;
- receiving a gate message from an optical line terminal (OLT) and in response to the register message;
- processing the gate message;
- forwarding the gate message downstream to the CNU;
- receiving a register acknowledgement message from the CNU and in response to the gate message;
- processing the register acknowledgement message;
- and
- forwarding the register acknowledgement message to the OLT.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.