Patent ID: 11936424
Assignee: FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A coupling device utilized in a passive optical network (PON), the coupling device comprising:
a first optical interface via which an optical fiber of the PON is received at the coupling device, the optical fiber optically connecting the coupling device to an optical line terminal (OLT) of the PON;
a second optical interface that optically couples the coupling device to a last mile termination unit, the last mile termination unit and the coupling device both disposed at a location serviced by the PON;
a pass-through component that optically connects the first optical interface and the second optical interface and via which the coupling device delivers at least one optical signal between the optical fiber and the last mile termination unit, the at least one optical signal including content of an optical service;
one or more wireless interfaces via which the coupling device transmits, to one or more other devices, one or more wireless signals including information corresponding to the at least one optical signal; and
one or more processors operable to cause the coupling device to generate the one or more wireless signals corresponding to the at least one optical signal based on obtained information, the obtained information including at least one of data generated by one or more sensors of the coupling device or an instruction that has been generated by one of the one or more other devices.