Patent ID: 8832761

Claim:
A method for service configuration conversion in a Data Over Cable Service Interface Specifications over Passive Optical Network (DOCSIS-over-PON) system, comprising: switching by an Optical Network Unit or Optical Network Terminal (ONU/ONT), a working mode to a virtual Cable Modem (CM) mode according to a virtual mode switching notification message sent directly by an Optical Line Terminal (OLT); obtaining by the ONU/ONT, DOCSIS-based configuration information directly from an Operations Support System (OSS); converting by the ONU/ONT, the DOCSIS-based configuration information into PON-based configuration information; implementing by the ONU/ONT, local parameter configuration according to the PON-based configuration information; and sending by the ONU/ONT, a configuration complete message directly to the OLT after the configuration is complete.