Patent ID: 9535680
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04B,H04L,H04Q

Claim:
1. An optical network unit (ONU) in a Passive Optical Network (PON), comprising: a media access control (MAC) configured to synchronize to an optical line terminal (OLT) based on a downstream signal transmitted by the OLT, wherein the ONU receives a software from the OLT, wherein the software is periodically broadcasted by the OLT on a reserved downstream channel, wherein the ONU does not pre-store the software in a non-volatile memory; and wherein the ONU is configured to store instructions for a partial boot of the ONU; a volatile memory configured to store the received software; and a processor configured to fully boot, discover, range, and activate the ONU based on the received software stored in the volatile memory.