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Daisy chainable ONU

  • US 8,548,323 B2
  • Filed: 04/18/2011
  • Issued: 10/01/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2010
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A daisy chainable optical network unit (ONU) comprising:

  • ONU logic comprising an ONU transmit output configured to provide end user data for transmission over a passive optical network (PON);

    an optical transceiver configured to receive an electrical signal at a PON transmit input and convert the electrical signal into an optical signal for transmission over the PON; and

    a multiplexer module comprising;

    a transmit multiplexer configured to couple a transmit bus input or the ONU transmit output to an output of the transmit multiplexer; and

    a load-balancing demultiplexer configured to couple the output of the transmit multiplexer to the PON transmit input or to a transmit bus output,wherein both the transmit bus input and the transmit bus output are configured to be coupled to a corresponding additional daisy chainable ONU.

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