Patent ID: 9356700
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: H04B,H04Q

Claim Text:
1. A line terminal coupled via a physical medium to a network the line terminal comprising: a transmit physical layer (PRY) module, coupled to the physical medium; an Ethernet Passive Optical Network (EPON) scheduler configured to generate a control signal identifying a downstream transmission slot on the physical medium, wherein the downstream transmission slot is scheduled to not overlap in time with any upstream transmission slots on the physical medium; and an EPON Medium Access Control (MAC) module configured to receive, from the EPON scheduler, the control signal and to control the transmit PHY module, according to the control signal, to transmit a data signal during the downstream transmission slot to the network unit, wherein the transmit PHY module includes a burst transmitter, and wherein the EPON MAC module is farther configured to turn off the burst transmitter after an end time of the downstream transmission slot, so that the burst transmitter is turned off when, any upstream transmission slots occupy the physical medium.