Method for sub-rating an ethernet passive optical network (EPON) medium access control (MAC) based communication link

• Main Authors: BOYD EDWARD WAYNE, GOSWAMI SANJAY
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 30.09.2014
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; SELECTING; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

Embodiments allow for EPON MAC traffic to be sub-rated according to available bandwidth and/or transmission capacity of the physical medium. EPON MAC traffic sub-rating is performed in the PHY layer. The PHY layer performing the sub-rating may be located anywhere in the communication path supporting...