Patent ID: 9252911
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: H04B,H04J,H04Q

Claim Text:
1. A computer implemented method for dynamically allocating traffic in a passive optical communication system, the method comprising the steps of: i) employing an individual wavelength channel to carry different data services from an individual transmitter; ii) configuring an optical network unit into optical network unit groups serving at least two community of users; and iii) providing a flexible remote node with wavelength routing flexibility including switching wavelength traffic from optical network user groups with capacity requirements to optical network user groups with increased wavelength traffic requirements using a wavelength selective switch (WSS) that allocates channels sent to demultiplexers and WSS output ports based on a number of communities and a multi-cast switch with both switching and splitting, wherein a predetermined wavelength is routed from any direction, including the same wavelength from different directions to any port.