摘要 |
<p>An authentication method and apparatus for Passive Optical Network (PON) device are provided. The method includes following steps: an optical line terminal and an optical network unit, separately, calculate their own authentication codes with Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC) function and a promissory key, and transmit the calculated authentication codes of their own to each other; said optical line terminal and the optical network unit, separately, validate the authentication codes for each other with the same arithmetic as they calculate their own authentication codes, and determine whether the opposite side is a valid subscriber based on the validation result.</p> |