Patent ID: 9131289
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: H04J,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A software-defined (SD) optical network unit (ONU), comprising: a local software-defined (SD) controller; one or more software-defined (SD) optical network unit (ONU) drivers physically connected to the local SD controller; an underlying hardware component physically connected to each of said one or more SD ONU drivers; a passive splitter; a tunable optical filter (TOF); a photo diode (PD); and a first software-defined (SD) switch, wherein the local SD controller manages said one or more SD ONU drivers by issuing commands communicated to said one or more SD ONU drivers, wherein each of said one or more SD ONU drivers implements a required function on the underlying hardware component, wherein said one or more SD ONU drivers comprise a first SD ONU driver and a second ONU driver, the TOF is physically connected to the first SD ONU driver, and the first SD switch is physically connected to the second SD ONU driver, wherein the TOF receives an output optical signal from the passive splitter, wherein the PD receives an output optical signal from the TOF, wherein the first SD switch receives an output electrical signal from the PD, and selects one of possible output paths, wherein said one or more SD ONU drivers further comprise a third software-defined (SD) optical network unit (ONU) driver, wherein the possible output paths include: wherein the ADC receives an output signal from the first SD switch, wherein the OFDMA DSP receives an output signal from the ADC, wherein the second SD switch receives an output signal from the OFDMA DSP, and wherein the RF antenna receives an output signal from the second SD switch.