Vafa Christopher Moezzi

US Patent:

20110262132, Oct 27, 2011

Filed:

Apr 18, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/088995

Inventors:

Robin C. Grindley - San Rafael CA, US
Rajiv S. Dighe - Petaluma CA, US
Glen Kramer - Petaluma CA, US
Thyagarajan T. Subramanian - Rohnert Park CA, US
Vafa Christopher Moezzi - San Francisco CA, US
Edward Wayne Boyd - Petaluma CA, US
Ryan Edgar HIRTH - Windsor CA, US

Assignee:

Broadcom Corporation - Irvine CA

International Classification:

H04J 14/00

US Classification:

398 43

Abstract:

Embodiments of a scalable optical network unit (ONU) architecture for multi-dwelling units (MDUs) that has a low initial cost (or first port cost) and a low maintenance cost are provided herein. The ONU architecture is scalable in that a growing number of end users can share a single drop fiber that couples the ONU to a passive optical network. The ONU architecture utilizes a multiplexer module to allow the ONU to be daisy chained with one or more additional ONUs.