Patent ID: 11909523
Assignee: NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 18:
19. The OLT of claim 1, wherein:
the OLT is configured to generate the trigger signal based on one or more of:
decoding one or more previous bursts;
an external input; and
a predefined periodic timing pattern;

the OLT is configured to generate the trigger signal independent of an estimated or actual amount of data available to be transmitted by the ONU;
the trigger signal is configured to override normal bandwidth assignment processing by the OLT's DBA engine;
the US burst comprises a single codeword, wherein the single codeword is a shortened codeword; and
the OLT conforms to a PON G.9804.2 standard.