Abstract: A MAC master apparatus for executing a multi-point control protocol (MPCP) data in an optical line termination (OLT) of an Ethernet passive optical network (PON) is provided. The MPCP master apparatus includes a CPU interface unit, two or more memory arbitration control units, a SGA table memory, a RTT table memory, a static grant generation unit, a dynamic grant generation unit, a static grant queue, a dynamic grant queue, a sending message queue, a sending multiplexing unit, a time setting unit, a receiving window generation unit, an upstream grant queue, a received demultiplexing unit, a report queue and a received message queue. Therefore, any frame, including MPCP frames from/to the CPU can be sent or received, and a grant can be allocated statically according to a setting or dynamically according to a report from the ONUs.

Abstract: A communication system using a layering architecture that supports peer-to-peer communication between ONUs in an Ethernet-based PON. The system includes a physical layer receiving frames from an OLT; and data link layers including an emulation layer, a MAC layer, a MAC control layer, and a MAC emulation layer. The data link layers further include a P2PE layer for generating and managing an address table that matches PON-tags of frames received from ONUs and transmission point addresses, and a mirror address table of the address table, and an FRM layer for performing, according to a target address of the frames, an upstream process that transmits frames to an upper layer and a downstream process that transmits frames to a lower layer.

Abstract: A MAC master apparatus for executing a multi-point control protocol (MPCP) data in an optical line termination (OLT) of an Ethernet passive optical network (PON) is provided. The MPCP master apparatus includes a CPU interface unit, two or more memory arbitration control units, a SGA table memory, a RTT table memory, a static grant generation unit, a dynamic grant generation unit, a static grant queue, a dynamic grant queue, a sending message queue, a sending multiplexing unit, a time setting unit, a receiving window generation unit, an upstream grant queue, a received demultiplexing unit, a report queue and a received message queue. Therefore, any frame, including MPCP frames from/to the CPU can be sent or received, and a grant can be allocated statically according to a setting or dynamically according to a report from the ONUs.

Abstract: A method of controlling data transmission in an Ethernet passive optical network (EPON) and an apparatus thereof are provided. Transmission permission messages using a mode of bandwidth allocation are queued in a queuing unit according to the types of the transmission permission messages. A transmission time duration of upstream data is defined for each of the transmission permission messages queued in the queuing unit. A bandwidth allocation unit generates transmission permission messages to allocate upstream data transmission bandwidth for an optical network unit (ONU), based on the transmission permission messages stored in the storage unit. A scheduler designates the predetermined priority, reads transmission permission messages from queues according to a predetermined priority, determines a transmission start time of upstream data, and outputs the transmission permission messages.