System and Method of Extending Time Division Passive Optical Network Services to Plastic Optical Fiber in the Home

摘要

A system (87; FIG. 2) is disclosed to provide a Time Division Multiple Access Passive Optical Network to a Plastic Optical Fiber to be used in both single-family home networks and in multiple dwelling units. The system (87) extends the fiber to the home fiber network infrastructure from existing fiber access networks to fiber in the home for home networking. A plastic optical fiber converter (48; FIG. 4) associated with an optical network terminal (56; FIG. 6) receives a downstream optical signal (15; FIG. 3) that is converted into an electrical signal (61; FIG. 6). The converter (48) within the optical network terminal (56) modulates Ethernet frames contained within the electrical signal and converts the frames into optical signals (71,72; FIG. 6) with advanced modulations that are then transmitted via the plastic optical fiber within the home network (124; FIG. 2).

主权项

1. A system, comprising:
a first optical line terminal, the first optical line terminal converting a received first electrical signal into a first optical signal; a first optical network terminal, the optical network terminal interconnected to the first optical line terminal, the optical network terminal receiving the first optical signal and converting the first optical signal into a second electrical signal; and a first plastic optical fiber converter, the first plastic optical fiber converter interconnected to the first optical network terminal, the first plastic optical fiber converter modulating the second electrical signal to create a second optical signal, the second optical signal available for further processing.