Docsis pon

Abstract

In accordance with a first aspect of the disclosure, a system is provided. The system includes: an optical line terminal (OLT) shelf including a plurality of optical line cards, each optical line card supporting at least one passive optical network (PON) interface for communicating with a corresponding set of optical network units (ONUs), the OLT shelf thereby corresponding to a plurality of sets the ONUs; a system card controller for controlling the plurality of optical line cards; and a DOCSIS proxy for emulating a cable modem (CM) SNMP agent for each ONU, the DOCSIS proxy being responsive to an SNP manager in a DOCSIS NMS to configure the ONUs accordingly.

We claim: 
     
         1 . A system, comprising:
 a server configured as a DOCSIS proxy for an EPON network including a plurality of optical line terminals, each optical line terminal coupling to a corresponding plurality of optical network units, wherein the server is further configured such that the DOCSIS proxy emulates, with regard to an SNMP manager in a DOCSIS network management system, an SNMP agent for each optical network unit and an SNMP agent for each optical line terminal.