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Electrically shared passive optical network

  • US 20060171714A1
  • Filed: 02/02/2005
  • Published: 08/03/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • an optical line terminal (OLT) coupled to a plurality of groups of optical network terminals (ONTs);

    wherein the OLT comprises a media access controller (MAC) having a transmit bus;

    wherein said transmit bus of the MAC is coupled to a plurality of optical transceivers by at least one electrical splitter;

    wherein each optical transceiver is coupled to one of the groups of ONTs by a passive optical network (PON); and

    wherein each PON comprises at least one optical splitter.

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