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MONITORING OF IP MULTICAST DELIVERY OVER AN OPTICAL NETWORK

  • US 20160380857A1
  • Filed: 06/23/2015
  • Published: 12/29/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • an Optical Line Termination (OLT) device comprising;

    a Network Termination (NT) device configured to connect to a core network; and

    a plurality of Line Termination (LT) devices configured to connect to optical fibers of an optical distribution network;

    the NT device includes a monitoring device configured to generate an Internet Protocol (IP) multicast monitoring stream directed to a group address, and to transmit the IP multicast monitoring stream to the LT devices;

    the LT devices are configured to monitor for packets directed to the group address;

    an LT device is configured to detect a loss of at least one packet directed to the group address, and to report packet loss for the IP multicast monitoring stream to the monitoring device.

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