US Patent:
20050185631, Aug 25, 2005
Inventors:
Marc Bernard - Pembroke Pines FL, US
Andrew Khaleel - Sunrise FL, US
Luiz Izola - Miami Lakes FL, US
Nora Herndon - Coral Springs FL, US
Kerry Neef - Weston FL, US
International Classification:
H04J003/06
Abstract:
A method of performance monitoring according to an embodiment of the invention includes, in a passive optical network (PON), sending system time of an optical line termination (OLT) to an optical network unit (ONU). The method further includes retrieving, by the OLT, network data collected at the ONU and associated with the sent OLT system time. The retrieved network data is stored at the OLT.