Patent ID: 7697844

Claim:
A telecommunications network component applied in a remote equipment, the remote equipment being coupled to an optical line terminal (OLT) in a passive optical network (PON), comprising: a processor configured to implement a method comprising: reporting a needed bandwidth and a delay requirement of a traffic through a first signaling from the remote equipment to the OLT; configuring weight coefficients of at least one of a plurality of service classes in the remote equipment through a second signaling from the OLT in response to the reporting; recognizing reception of a plurality of traffic having the plurality of service classes; classifying each of the plurality of traffic into a corresponding service class within the plurality of service classes; shaping the plurality of traffic in at least one service class using an intra-class scheduler based upon the weight coefficients; and facilitating output of the plurality of traffic using an inter-class scheduler amongst the plurality of service classes; and wherein the intra-class scheduler is adapted to configure the weight coefficients for each of a guaranteed service class and a controlled-load service class through a signaling from the OLT to the remote equipment if the OLT determines that a bandwidth available at the remote equipment can meet the bandwidth need of the traffic.