US 11,750,315 B2
Delivery of GPON technology
Richard Schroder, Plano, TX (US); Russell W. Brown, Euless, TX (US); Thomas C. Ruvarac, Naperville, IL (US); John Silovich, Fox Lake, IL (US); and Andrew G. Low, Grapevine, TX (US)
Assigned to TELLABS BEDFORD, INC., Dallas, TX (US)
Filed by TELLABS BEDFORD, INC., Dallas, TX (US)
Filed on May 2, 2018, as Appl. No. 15/969,605.
Application 15/969,605 is a continuation of application No. 13/608,156, filed on Sep. 10, 2012, granted, now 9,979,505.
Prior Publication US 2018/0254843 A1, Sep. 6, 2018
Int. Cl. H04J 14/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/44 (2006.01)
CPC H04J 14/00 (2013.01) 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a wall-mountable outlet, comprising an enclosure and a faceplate mechanically coupled to the enclosure, wherein said faceplate is configured for direct engagement with a surface of a wall, said faceplate comprising a connector accessible through the faceplate configured to accommodate communicable coupling between an information appliance and an external network, wherein said enclosure of the wall-mountable outlet is configured to be mounted within a wall box opening in a wall;
an optical network terminal (ONT) provided in the enclosure, the ONT comprising:
an optical-electrical (O-E) data converter;
a switch configured to selectively couple data between a passive optical network (PON) controller and the connector;
a power management module configured to receive power from one or more copper wires, wherein the power management module comprises a noise decoupling circuit configured to decouple noise from the copper wires; and
an external network power over Ethernet (PoE) source configured to provide power to said ONT.