Patent ID: 9674592
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04L,H04Q

Claim:
1. A compact optical network terminal, comprising: a first interface coupled to a communications network, wherein the first interface includes an optical module that receives optical signals via an optical fiber link and converts the optical signals to electrical signals, wherein the optical module is selectively configurable to support at least two network architectures among a plurality of network architectures; a second interface coupled to a network client, wherein the second interface is a network connectivity dongle with an optical transceiver at one end; and a processor including a circuitry and a memory coupled to the first interface and to the second interface, wherein the processor provides instructions to the first interface for converting the optical signals to the electric signals, such that the network client can access the communications network thereby reducing splitting of equal upstream wavelengths to all the network clients in the network.