Wireless drop in a fiber-to-the-home network
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1. A wireless drop terminal for use in a fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network, the wireless drop terminal comprising:
- a fiber interface to optically couple the wireless drop terminal to an optical line terminal of the FTTH network via at least one optical fiber; and
a wireless interface communicatively coupled to the fiber interface, wherein the wireless interface is configured to wirelessly communicate RF signals over a fixed directional wireless drop with a wireless optical network terminal (W-ONT) through a first directional antenna connected to the wireless drop terminal and a second directional antenna connected to the W-ONT, wherein the W-ONT is located at a customer premises, wherein the wireless drop terminal and the first directional antenna are located outside of the customer premises;
wherein the W-ONT comprises an optical network terminal (ONT) chipset, wherein the W-ONT converts downstream wireless frames received from the fixed directional wireless drop into an electrical signal comprising downstream optical frames and inputs the downstream optical frames to the ONT chipset.
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Abstract
One embodiment is directed to a wireless drop terminal (WDT) for use in a fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network. The wireless drop terminal comprises a fiber interface to optically couple the wireless drop terminal to an optical line terminal (OLT) of the FTTH network via at least one optical fiber and a wireless interface communicatively coupled to the fiber interface. The wireless interface is configured to wirelessly communicate with a wireless optical network terminal (W-ONT) over a fixed directional wireless drop. Other embodiments are disclosed.
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1. A wireless drop terminal for use in a fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network, the wireless drop terminal comprising:
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a fiber interface to optically couple the wireless drop terminal to an optical line terminal of the FTTH network via at least one optical fiber; and a wireless interface communicatively coupled to the fiber interface, wherein the wireless interface is configured to wirelessly communicate RF signals over a fixed directional wireless drop with a wireless optical network terminal (W-ONT) through a first directional antenna connected to the wireless drop terminal and a second directional antenna connected to the W-ONT, wherein the W-ONT is located at a customer premises, wherein the wireless drop terminal and the first directional antenna are located outside of the customer premises; wherein the W-ONT comprises an optical network terminal (ONT) chipset, wherein the W-ONT converts downstream wireless frames received from the fixed directional wireless drop into an electrical signal comprising downstream optical frames and inputs the downstream optical frames to the ONT chipset. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A wireless optical network terminal (W-ONT) for use in a fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network, the W-ONT comprising:
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a wireless interface; and at least one service interface to implement a service provided to a customer of the FTTH network; wherein the wireless interface is configured to wirelessly communicate RF signals with a wireless drop terminal included in the FTTH network over a fixed directional wireless drop through a first directional antenna connected to the wireless drop terminal and a second directional antenna connected to the W-ONT, wherein the W-ONT is located at a customer premises and the wireless drop terminal and the first directional antenna are located outside of the customer premises; wherein the W-ONT comprises an optical network terminal (ONT) chipset, wherein the W-ONT converts downstream wireless frames received from the fixed directional wireless drop into an electrical signal comprising downstream optical frames and inputs the downstream optical frames to the ONT chipset. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network comprising:
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an optical line terminal (OLT) to couple the FTTH network to a core network; a wireless drop terminal that is optically coupled to the OLT via at least one optical fiber and electrically coupled to a first directional antenna; and a wireless optical network terminal (W-ONT) coupled to a second directional antenna, the W-ONT located at a customer premises to provide a service to customer premises equipment, wherein the wireless drop terminal and the first directional antenna are outside the customer premises; and wherein the wireless drop terminal and the W-ONT are configured to wirelessly communicate the RF signals with one another over a fixed directional wireless drop using the first and second directional antennas; wherein the W-ONT comprises an optical network terminal (ONT) chipset, wherein the W-ONT converts downstream wireless frames received from the fixed directional wireless drop into an electrical signal comprising downstream optical frames and inputs the downstream optical frames to the ONT chipset. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. A method of communicating using a fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network, the method comprising:
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transmitting downstream optical frames from an optical line terminal in the FTTH network to a wireless drop terminal in the FTTH network using a fiber part of the FTTH network; receiving the downstream optical frames at the wireless drop terminal from the fiber part of the FTTH network; inserting service data from the downstream optical frames into downstream wireless frames; wirelessly transmitting the downstream wireless frames as an RF signal from the wireless drop terminal to a wireless optical network terminal through a first directional antenna over a fixed directional wireless drop; receiving the downstream wireless frames in the RF signal at the wireless optical network terminal at a customer premises through a second directional antenna, wherein the wireless drop terminal is located outside of the customer premises; generating an electrical signal comprising downstream optical frames at the wireless optical network terminal from the downstream wireless frames and inputting the downstream optical frames into an optical network terminal (ONT) chipset; and providing at least one service implemented by the wireless optical network terminal using the received downstream wireless frames. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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