US Patent Application 18352302. SPLITTING APPARATUS, DUAL-MODE ONU, OPTICAL NETWORK SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD simplified abstract
SPLITTING APPARATUS, DUAL-MODE ONU, OPTICAL NETWORK SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD
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Liangwen Xie of Johannesburg (ZA)
SPLITTING APPARATUS, DUAL-MODE ONU, OPTICAL NETWORK SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18352302 titled 'SPLITTING APPARATUS, DUAL-MODE ONU, OPTICAL NETWORK SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD
Simplified Explanation
The patent application describes a splitting apparatus that provides multiple groups of ports and includes multiple splitting elements.
- The splitting elements have feeder ends and branch ends, with the number of branch ends being one less than the number of feeder ends.
- The branch ends of each splitting element are connected to the branch ends of other splitting elements, creating a network.
- The feeder ends of the splitting elements are connected to different groups of ports.
- The splitting apparatus can be used to implement an optical bus structure with peer-to-peer topologies.
Original Abstract Submitted
A splitting apparatus provides M groups of ports and includes M splitting elements. Each splitting element includes at least one feeder end and N branch ends, where M=N+1. Each branch end of each splitting element is coupled to one branch end of another splitting element in the M splitting elements, where different branch ends of each splitting element are coupled to one branch end of different splitting elements. A feeder end of each splitting element is coupled to one group of ports in the M groups of ports of the splitting apparatus, and feeder ends of different splitting elements are coupled to different groups of ports. The splitting apparatus may implement an optical bus structure with peer-to-peer topologies.
