Patent ID: 8831425
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: H04B,H04L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: one or more processors configured to: operate a Cable Modem (CM) proxy within an Optical Network Unit (ONU) of a Passive Optical Network (PON), including conducting cable modem operations on behalf of the ONU; receive, by the ONU, Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) parameters associated with the cable modem operations via an Optical Line Termination (OLT) executing a Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS); and translate, by the ONU, the DOCSIS parameters associated with the cable modem operations into PON operating parameters for execution, by the ONU, of the cable modem operations enabling communications according to the DOCSIS parameters between the CMTS executed in the OLT and the CM proxy executed in the ONU based on programming the PON parameters into the ONU using PON Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).