OPTICAL LINE TERMINAL, METHOD FOR OPERATING OPTICAL RECEPTION INTERFACE, AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING CONTINUOUS MODE SIGNAL OF OPTICAL LINE TERMINAL

摘要

An Optical Line Terminal (OLT) configuring a Passive Optical Network (PON) is provided. The OLT includes an optical transmitter that transmits an optical signal to Optical Network Units (ONUs) in a downstream direction, an optical receiver that includes general Continuous Mode (CM) signal processing elements to recover clocks and data from optical signals transmitted by ONUs in an upstream direction, and a controller that controls the ONUs such that the optical receiver continuously receives an optical signal. An OLT interface for receiving an optical signal can be implemented using the general CM signal processing elements.