Method for monitoring a passive optical network using monitoring units

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PATENT NO 8467677
APP PUB NO 20090202238A1
SERIAL NO

12320453

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A method for monitoring a passive optical network (1), PON, having a tree-like structure with a main line (3) and at least two branches (6.1 to 6.3), comprising: transmitting a wake-up signal (10) from the main line (3) to at least two monitoring units (DPM1 to DPM3) arranged in the at least two branches (6.1 to 6.3), in each of the monitoring units (DPM1 to DPM3), detecting the wake-up signal (10) and transmitting a response signal (A, B, C) back to the main line (3), each of the monitoring units (DPM1 to DPM3) generating a pre-defined time delay (ΔtA to ΔtC) between the detection of the wake-up signal (10) and the start of the transmission of the response signal (A, B, C), and receiving the response signals (A, B, C) at the main line (3), the receiving times (R1 to R3) of the response signals (A, B, C) being different from each other, the difference between the receiving times (R1 to R3) being adjusted by the pre-defined time delays (ΔtA to ΔtC) of the monitoring units (DPM1 to DPM3).

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ALCATEL LUCENT148/152 ROUTE DE LA REINE BOULOGNE BILLANCOURT 92100

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hehmann, Jörg Weil der Stadt, DE 7 32
Jentsch, Lothar Fredersdorf, DE 3 8
Schmuck, Harald Schwieberdingen, DE 14 122
Straub, Michael Maulbronn, DE 42 256

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