US 12,244,983 B1
Devices and methods for mesh-based fault detection in passive optical networks
John Valdez, Copper Canyon, TX (US); Soms Wongbar, Garland, TX (US); and Bryan Pauling, Rochester, NY (US)
Assigned to FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed by FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 16, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/637,407.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04J 14/00 (2006.01); H04B 10/272 (2013.01); H04Q 11/00 (2006.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04Q 11/0067 (2013.01) [H04B 10/272 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A first last mile termination unit of a passive optical network (PON), the first last mile termination unit comprising:
an optical interface at which an optical fiber of the PON is received;
a communication interface via which content of an optical signal received at the first last mile termination unit via the optical interface is provided for display at a user interface; and
one or more processors, one or more memories, and computer-executable instructions stored on the one or more memories and executable, by the one or more processors, to cause the first last mile termination unit to transmit, via a wireless transceiver and a wireless mesh network overlaying the PON towards one or more servers, an indication of a status of optical connectivity, with the PON, of a second last mile termination unit of the PON,
the wireless transceiver communicatively connecting the first last mile termination unit to the one or more servers via one or more other last mile termination units of the PON, the first last mile termination unit and the one or more other last mile termination units being nodes of the wireless mesh network, and the one or more servers being communicatively connected to the wireless mesh network.