Patent ID: 7197244

Claim:
An optical network system comprising: a laser transceiver node for receiving downstream packets; a subscriber optical interface coupled to the laser transceiver node for receiving downstream optical packets and converting the downstream optical packets into an electrical domain to support services of a subscriber; wherein, the laser transceiver node further comprises: a routing device for directing downstream packets in an electrical domain to a plurality of multiplexers, the routing device apportioning bandwidth in the electrical domain between subscribers and using a look-up table for processing the downstream packets and upstream packets; the plurality of multiplexers for receiving downstream packets from the routing device, wherein each multiplexer comprises a final stage for controlling bandwidth of the downstream packets in the electrical domain relative to the subscriber optical interface, the routing device determining which downstream packets are sent to a respective multiplexer, each multiplexer comprising: a plurality of classifiers for determining type of information contained in a downstream packet and for assigning a downstream packet to a particular policer, and a plurality of policers for controlling bandwidth based upon a comparison between parameters assigned to each policer by a network provider and a downstream packet; and laser transmitters coupled to the multiplexers, wherein each multiplexer is coupled to and directly modulates a respective laser transmitter for converting the downstream packets into an optical domain that are sent to a respective subscriber optical interface.