Patent ID: 8417117

Claim:
A passive optical network (PON), comprising: an Optical Line Termination (OLT); an Optical Distribution Network (ODN); and a plurality of Optical Network Terminations (ONTs); wherein the OLT includes an OLT Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) multiplexer, an OLT CWDM demultiplexer, and a Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) filter, wherein the OLT DWDM multiplexer and the OLT CWDM demultiplexer are coupled to the WDM filter; wherein the ODN includes a WDM filter, a DWDM demultiplexer, and a plurality of fanout splitters, wherein the DWDM demultiplexer is coupled to the WDM filter; wherein the WDM filters are coupled to one another; and wherein a portion of the plurality of ONTs that are associated with a wavelength are coupled to one of fanout splitters that is associated with the wavelength.