Patent ID: 8489711

Claim:
A service distribution method, comprising: sending, by an Optical Line Terminal (OLT), a type of an Optical Network Terminal (ONT) owned by a user and an identifier (ID) of the user to an Equipment Management System (EMS) when the OLT detects that the ONT runs online; determining, by the EMS, a configuration file in accordance with the type of the ONT and the ID of the user; sending, by the EMS, the configuration file to the OLT; sending, by the OLT, the configuration file sent by the EMS to the ONT owned by the user; performing, by the ONT, hardware configuration in accordance with the configuration file; generating common configuration file templates corresponding to different types of ONTs in the EMS; setting common configuration information in the common configuration file templates, wherein the common configuration information is general configuration information that is common to the same type of the ONTs; and receiving personalized configuration information, wherein the personalized configuration information is configuration information of a specific user, the personalized configuration information comprises the ID of the user.