Patent ID: 8873969

Claim:
A system for registering an optical network unit (ONU) installed in a passive optical network (PON), the system comprising: a mobile terminal coupled to a registration server via a communication system separate from the PON, the mobile terminal configured to: collect an ONU identification from the ONU, collect a subscriber identification, transmit the ONU identification and the subscriber identification to the registration server via the communication system, determine an actual geographic location corresponding with the geographic location where the ONU resides, and transmit the actual geographic location to the registration server via the communication system; the registration server configured to: receive the ONU identification and subscriber identification from the mobile terminal via the communication system, retrieve subscriber information from a subscriber database based on the subscriber identification, associate the ONU with the subscriber information, transmit, to an optical line terminal (OLT), an association between the ONU and the subscriber information to enable the OLT to provision telecommunications service for the ONU, receive the actual geographic location, retrieve an expected geographic location based on the subscriber information, wherein the expected geographic location corresponds to a predetermined geographic location designated for the ONU, compare the actual geographic location with the expected geographic location, and raise an exception in response to the actual geographic location being a mismatch with the expected geographic location, wherein the exception indicates the ONU is not at the expected geographic location; and the OLT configured to serve as an endpoint for the ONU in the PON.