Patent ID: 8850197
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: an optical network unit (ONU) configured to couple to an optical line terminal (OLT) and comprising an ONU management control interface (OMCI) management entity (ME), wherein the OMCI ME comprises a plurality of attributes that support a plurality of security features for transmissions between the ONU and the OLT, wherein the attributes are communicated via an OMCI channel between the ONU and the OLT and provide the security features for the ONU and the OLT, and wherein the attributes are written by the OLT and comprise: an OLT random challenge table attribute that specifies a random challenge issued by the OLT and comprises an entry of 17 bytes; and an OLT challenge status attribute is a boolean attribute of one byte that reports a status of the OLT crypto capabilities attribute and the OLT random challenge table attribute.