Patents by Inventor Andrew Littleton

Andrew Littleton has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Optical line terminal configured to operate with optical network terminals that require different sets of OMCI parameters
    Patent number: 11804902
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, implementing an Optical Line Terminal (OLT) that successfully communicates with Optical Network Terminals having various ONT Management Control Interface (OMCI) parameter configurations. The OLT is configured to perform operations including determining that two different sets of OMCI parameters are required to communicate with two different ONTs and registering both of the two different ONTs using two different sets of OMCI parameters. The registration includes configuring communications with a first ONT using a first set of OMCI parameters and configuring communications with a second ONT using a second set of OMCI parameters that differs from the first set of OMCI parameters. After completing the registering, the OLT exchanges network traffic with each of the two different ONTs according to their respective configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: ADTRAN, Inc.
    Inventors: Orlyn Craye Hall, Jr., Andrew Littleton, Josh Matthew Horton
  • OPTICAL LINE TERMINAL CONFIGURED TO OPERATE WITH OPTICAL NETWORK TERMINALS THAT REQUIRE DIFFERENT SETS OF OMCI PARAMETERS
    Publication number: 20230299852
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, implementing an Optical Line Terminal (OLT) that successfully communicates with Optical Network Terminals having various ONT Management Control Interface (OMCI) parameter configurations. The OLT is configured to perform operations including determining that two different sets of OMCI parameters are required to communicate with two different ONTs and registering both of the two different ONTs using two different sets of OMCI parameters. The registration includes configuring communications with a first ONT using a first set of OMCI parameters and configuring communications with a second ONT using a second set of OMCI parameters that differs from the first set of OMCI parameters. After completing the registering, the OLT exchanges network traffic with each of the two different ONTs according to their respective configurations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Orlyn Craye Hall, JR., Andrew Littleton, Josh Matthew Horton