Patent ID: 7751410

Claim:
An apparatus for managing traffic using a VLAN identification (VID) of an Ethernet passive optical network (EPON), comprising: a MAC (media access control) Lookup table for matching VIDs to be used in an EPON according to a MAC address and managing them; a service classification policy table for storing a service classification reference according to a service control parameter per a VID; a service control policy table for storing a service policy to be provided according to a service classified in the service classification policy table; a MAC lookup unit for looking up a VID corresponding to a MAC address of a downlink packet with reference to the MAC lookup table if the downlink packet inputs; a first service classification module for classifying a VID service class of the downlink packet with reference to the service classification policy table based on the looked-up VID from the MAC lookup unit; a first service control module for providing a service of a downlink transmission flow according to the VID service class classified at the first classification module with reference the service control policy table; a VID learning unit for learning a VID through a packet frame of an uplink packet and updating the MAC lookup table; a second service classification module for classifying a VID service class of an uplink packet with reference to the service classification policy table; and a second service control module for requesting a service according to the classified VID service class from the second service classification module in an uplink transmission flow.