System for correlating a subscriber unit with a particular subscriber in a passive optical network

• US 20050152506A1
• Filed: 02/24/2005
• Published: 07/14/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Calix Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Optical Solutions, Inc. (Calix Incorporated)
• Inventors: Lagerquist, Joel K., Oelke, Daniel R., Lund, Robert M., Talus, Steven J., Koch, Chris D., Kays, Jeffrey T., Knudsen, Joseph J., Johnson, Milton J.
• Application Number:
  US11/065,323
• Publication Number:
  US 20050152506A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/1.10
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/258 Client or end-user data management, e.g. managing client capabilities, user preferences or demographics, processing of multiple end-users preferences to derive collaborative data arrangements for services using the result on the distributing side of broadcast systems H04H60/66; profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/30
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25883 being end-user demographical data, e.g. age, family status or address arrangements for identifying locations of users in broadcast systems H04H60/52
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/162 Authorising the user terminal, e.g. by paying; Registering the use of a subscription channel, e.g. billing

Abstract

A system for correlating a subscriber unit to a physical port in a point to multipoint wire line network is disclosed. An installer is prompted to manually input a location code associated with the subscriber. The location code in the subscriber unit is received, and is transmitted via the network to a central repository. The location code is stored in the central repository toward associating the location code with the physical port.

Claims

1-4. -4. (canceled)

5. A method comprising:

receiving a location code associated with a subscriber in a subscriber unit in a passive optical network; and

transmitting the location code from the subscriber unit to a repository via the passive optical network for correlation of the location code with a physical port in the network.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising receiving the location code by manual entry of the location code into the subscriber unit by a technician.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising prompting a technician to manually enter the location code into the subscriber unit.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising receiving the location code via a butt set device coupled to the subscriber unit.

9. The method of claim 5, further comprising transmitting a site code associated with the subscriber unit to the repository.

10. The method of claim 5, further comprising transmitting a site code associated with the subscriber unit with the location code in an information packet via the network.

11. The method of claim 5, wherein transmitting the location code includes transmitting the location code to the repository via an optical line terminator coupled to the subscriber unit via an optical fiber link.

12. The method of claim 5, further comprising correlating the location code with a physical port in the network, and transmitting information packets directed to the subscriber via the physical port.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the information packets include voice data for delivery of telephone services to the subscriber.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the information packets include voice, video and data content.

15. The method of claim 5, further comprising directing information packets to one of a plurality of physical ports based on the correlation.

16. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

checking the location code for errors; and

upon detection of an error in the location code, transmitting an indication of the error to the subscriber unit via the network.

17. A passive optical network comprising:

an optical line terminator; and

a subscriber unit coupled to the optical line terminator via an optical fiber link,

wherein the subscriber unit receives a location code associated with a subscriber, and transmits the location code to a repository via the optical line terminator for correlation of the location code with a physical port in the network.

18. The network of claim 17, wherein the subscriber unit includes an interface to receive the location code by manual entry into the subscriber unit by a technician.

19. The network of claim 17, wherein the subscriber unit includes an interface to prompt a technician to manually enter the location code into the subscriber unit.

20. The network of claim 17, wherein the subscriber unit includes an interface to receive the location code via a butt set device.

21. The network of claim 17, wherein the subscriber unit transmits a site code associated with the subscriber unit to the repository.

22. The network of claim 17, wherein the subscriber unit transmits a site code associated with the subscriber unit with the location code in an information packet via the network.

23. The network of claim 17, wherein the subscriber unit transmits the location code to the repository via an optical line terminator coupled to the subscriber unit via an optical fiber link.

24. The network of claim 17, further comprising a controller to correlate the location code with a physical port in the network, and transmit information packets directed to the subscriber via the physical port.

25. The network of claim 24, wherein the information packets include voice data for delivery of telephone services to the subscriber.

26. The network of claim 25, wherein the information packets include voice, video and data content.

27. The network of claim 17, further comprising a controller to direct information packets to one of a plurality of physical ports based on the correlation.

28. The network of claim 17, further comprising a controller to check the location code for errors and, upon detection of an error in the location code, transmit an indication of the error to the subscriber unit via the network.

29. A subscriber unit for a passive optical network, the subscriber unit comprising:

a subscriber interface to receive a location code associated with a subscriber; and

a network interface to transmit the location code to a repository via an optical line terminator for correlation of the location code with a physical port in the network.

30. The subscriber unit of claim 29, further comprising an interface to receive the location code by manual entry into the subscriber unit by a technician.

31. The subscriber unit of claim 29, wherein the subscriber interface prompts a technician to manually enter the location code into the subscriber unit.

32. The subscriber unit of claim 29, wherein the subscriber interface receives the location code via a butt set device.

33. The subscriber unit of claim 29, wherein the subscriber unit transmits a site code associated with the subscriber unit to the repository.

34. The subscriber unit of claim 29, wherein the subscriber unit transmits a site code associated with the subscriber unit with the location code in an information packet via the network.

35. The subscriber unit of claim 29, wherein the subscriber unit transmits the location code to the repository via an optical line terminator coupled to the subscriber unit via an optical fiber link.