Patents Assigned to THE PROVOST, FELLOWS, FOUNDATION SCHOLARS AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF BOARD, OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY AND UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF OUEEN ELIZABETH, NEAR DUBLIN
  • System and method for dynamic bandwidth assignment (DBA) virtualization in a multi-tenant passive optical network
    Patent number: 11115736
    Abstract: The invention provides a method and system for Dynamic Bandwidth Assignment (DBA) Virtualization in a Passive Optical Network, comprising an Optical Line Termination (OLT) point and a plurality of Optical Network Units (ONU) and a plurality of Virtual Network Units (VNO), wherein each VNO is configured with a virtual Dynamic Bandwidth Assignment module to schedule a bandwidth assignment independently of the other VNOs and using a merging engine to implement a detailed bandwidth scheduling allocation over the Passive Optical Network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: THE PROVOST, FELLOWS, FOUNDATION SCHOLARS AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF BOARD, OF THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY AND UNDIVIDED TRINITY OF OUEEN ELIZABETH, NEAR DUBLIN
    Inventors: Marco Ruffini, Amr Elrasad, Nima Afraz