Upgrading ATM embedded networks to carry IP signals
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving, at a first input of a phase modulator, a plurality of pulses associated with an asynchronous transfer mode signal, wherein each pulse includes data associated with the asynchronous transfer mode signal, and wherein each pulse is in a symbol period;
receiving, at a second input of the phase modulator, an internet protocol signal;
phase modulating a first pulse of the plurality of pulses by a first shift amount based on a first plurality of bits associated with the internet protocol signal to produce a first combined asynchronous transfer mode/internet protocol signal, the first combined asynchronous transfer mode/internet protocol signal including the first pulse and the first plurality of bits associated with the internet protocol signal, wherein the first shift amount does not exceed a tolerance of the symbol period associated with the first pulse; and
communicating the first combined asynchronous transfer mode/internet protocol signal via an optical medium.
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Abstract
An Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) signal is phase modulated based on an Internet Protocol (IP) signal to form a combined ATM/IP signal. The ATM signal is phase modulated without exceeding a specified tolerance of symbol period of the ATM signal. The combined ATM/IP signal is communicated on a passive optical network to multiple receiving locations. An ATM stream specific to a receiving location can be extracted from the combined ATM/IP signal by an existing ATM-based optical network termination (ONT). An IP stream can be extracted at a receiving location by phase demodulating the combined ATM/IP signal.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, at a first input of a phase modulator, a plurality of pulses associated with an asynchronous transfer mode signal, wherein each pulse includes data associated with the asynchronous transfer mode signal, and wherein each pulse is in a symbol period; receiving, at a second input of the phase modulator, an internet protocol signal; phase modulating a first pulse of the plurality of pulses by a first shift amount based on a first plurality of bits associated with the internet protocol signal to produce a first combined asynchronous transfer mode/internet protocol signal, the first combined asynchronous transfer mode/internet protocol signal including the first pulse and the first plurality of bits associated with the internet protocol signal, wherein the first shift amount does not exceed a tolerance of the symbol period associated with the first pulse; and communicating the first combined asynchronous transfer mode/internet protocol signal via an optical medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 7)
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6. An apparatus to communicate an asynchronous transfer mode signal and an internet protocol signal, the apparatus comprising:
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an optical line terminal comprising a phase modulator, the phase modulator configured to; receive, at a first input of the phase modulator, a plurality of pulses associated with an asynchronous transfer mode signal, wherein each pulse includes data associated with the asynchronous transfer mode signal, and wherein each pulse is in a symbol period; receive, at a second input of the phase modulator, an internet protocol signal; and phase modulate a first pulse of the plurality of pulses by a first shift amount based on a first plurality of bits associated with the internet protocol signal to produce a first combined asynchronous transfer mode/internet protocol signal, wherein the first combined asynchronous transfer mode/internet protocol signal includes the first pulse and the first plurality of bits associated with the internet protocol signal, and wherein the first shift amount does not exceed a tolerance of the symbol period associated with the first pulse, wherein the optical line terminal communicates the first combined asynchronous transfer mode/internet protocol signal via an optical medium. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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