METHOD FOR REMOTE DEVICE PROVISIONING AND INSERTION/EXTRACTION OF OVERHEAD/EOAM DATA FOR VARIOUS PROTOCOLS

摘要

A device demultiplexes an optical signal to produce a number of client streams for client devices. The device produces overhead packets for the client devices. The overhead packets are sent using a packet interface on the device. The overhead packets are sent to the client devices with a Virtual Local Area Network Identification (VLAN ID) portion of the overhead packets identify a client device of the client devices.