Abstract: System and method for distributing IP video are described. One embodiment is a method for distributing IP video comprising transmitting an optical data stream in a designated optical band to an optical network terminal (“ONT”), wherein the optical data stream comprises a broadcast IP video signal provided as a packetized video overlay; converting the optical data stream to an electrical data stream at the ONT; and transmitting the electrical data stream to a subscriber.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method of handling Ethernet packets in a passive optical network (PON) is disclosed. The method comprises generating, by the one or more processors, an initial envelope header that indicates that the initial envelope header is not a preamble replacement; transmitting, over the PON, by the one or more processors, the initial envelope header; accessing, by the one or more processors, an eight-byte block from a first Ethernet packet of a plurality of Ethernet packets; in response to the eight-byte block being an Ethernet preamble, generating, by the one or more processors, a first envelope header that indicates that the envelope header is a preamble replacement; and transmitting, over the PON, by the one or more processors, the first envelope header.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method of handling Ethernet packets in a passive optical network (PON) is disclosed. The method comprises generating, by the one or more processors, an initial envelope header that indicates that the initial envelope header is not a preamble replacement; transmitting, over the PON, by the one or more processors, the initial envelope header; accessing, by the one or more processors, an eight-byte block from a first Ethernet packet of a plurality of Ethernet packets; in response to the eight-byte block being an Ethernet preamble, generating, by the one or more processors, a first envelope header that indicates that the envelope header is a preamble replacement; and transmitting, over the PON, by the one or more processors, the first envelope header.

Abstract: System and method for distributing IP video are described. One embodiment is a method for distributing IP video comprising transmitting an optical data stream in a designated optical band to an optical network terminal (“ONT”), wherein the optical data stream comprises a broadcast IP video signal provided as a packetized video overlay; converting the optical data stream to an electrical data stream at the ONT; and transmitting the electrical data stream to a subscriber.

Abstract: System and method for distributing IP video are described. One embodiment is a method for distributing IP video comprising transmitting an optical data stream in a designated optical band to an optical network terminal (“ONT”), wherein the optical data stream comprises a broadcast IP video signal provided as a packetized video overlay; converting the optical data stream to an electrical data stream at the ONT; and transmitting the electrical data stream to a subscriber.

Abstract: One embodiment of the disclosures made herein is a method for activating services in a Passive Optical Networking (PON) system. In accordance with such an embodiment, an Optical Line Terminal (OLT) within the PON system is pre-provisioned with PON services and with at least a portion of information required for facilitating automatic activation of the PON services. Pre-provisioning is defined herein to mean that such provisioning is performed prior to installing an ONT (i.e., a network interface device) that will serve such to services at the service subscriber's site and that is controlled by the OLT. After installation of the ONT is complete, the PON services served by the ONT are automatically activated using at least a portion of the pre-provisioned information and information discovered about the ONT during a post-installation discovery process.

Abstract: A SONET formatter circuit (10) receives a parallel STS-1** TX signal (19) from a highspeed interface module. The STS-1** TX signal (19), which contains a floating VT group payload, is demultiplexed into seven parallel VT groups (33). These seven parallel VT groups (33) are converted to serial by a parallel to serial converter (34) and transmitted serially to lowspeed interface modules as DEMUX direction VT group data signals (42, 43). The SONET formatter circuit (10) also receives serial MUX direction VT group data signals (68, 69) from lowspeed interface modules. These serial VT group data signals (68, 69) are converted to seven parallel VT groups (89) by a serial to parallel converter (64). These seven parallel VT groups (89) are multiplexed with overhead data (84) into a parallel STS-1** RX signal (50) which is transmitted to a highspeed interface module. To maintain continuous VT group frame transmissions, a VT group clock generation circuit (72) is required.