Dynamic bandwidth allocation apparatus and method in Ethernet Passive Optical Network, and EPON master apparatus using the same

摘要

The invention provides a method and apparatus for allocating a dynamic band width of an EPON and an EPON master apparatus using the same. The bandwidth allocation is cycle based where every predetermined cycle, static gates are generated for all ONUs and dynamic gates are generated according to the reports using the remaining grant resource. The method for allocating an upstream bandwidth to transmit data from the ONUs to an OLT is as follows. A total allocatable grant length is calculated for the given cycle. A requested amount of grant length needed to transmit upstream data in each ONU is set based on report values collected from the report frames from all ONUs in the EPON. Then, distribution is made sequentially and repeatedly in a cycle by taking a basic unit from the total grant length and adding it to the grant length of the ONUs until the total allocatable grant length becomes 0 or the grant length allocated to all ONUs satisfy the requested amount of the grant length set in all ONUs.