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1. A fiber coax unit, comprising:
a first physical layer device that is configured for communication with a coax network unit via a coaxial cable, wherein the communication includes a receipt of a first report message from the coax network unit, the first report message including a first request for bandwidth for a transmission of first data from the coax network unit; a second physical layer device that is configured for communication with an optical line terminal via an optical cable; and a controller that is configured to:
transmit a first gate message to the coax network unit via the first physical layer device, the first gate message assigning bandwidth for transmission of the first data from the coax network unit to the fiber coax unit;receive, at a first time, the first data from the coax network unit in response to the first gate message; andtransmit, at a second time prior to the first time at which the first data is received in response to the first gate message, a second report message to the optical line terminal via the second physical layer device, the second report message including a second request for bandwidth for a transmission of the first data from the fiber coax unit to the optical line terminal, wherein transmitting the second report message at the second time is configured to cause the optical line terminal to process the second request during at least a portion of a same time frame during which the fiber coax unit is waiting to receive the first data from the coax network unit in response to the first gate message. |
