| CPC H04B 10/572 (2013.01) [H04B 10/27 (2013.01); H04B 10/503 (2013.01); H04B 10/516 (2013.01)] | 24 Claims |

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1. A system for wavelength control in a passive optical network (PON) with a point to multi-point (P2MP) topology comprising a central node and a plurality of end nodes, the system comprising:
a central node transceiver configured to broadcast to the plurality of end nodes a reference signal carrying a management information, wherein the management information indicates a target frequency assigned to each end node of the plurality of end nodes; and
an end node transceiver in each end node of the plurality of end nodes, configured to:
determine, for the particular end node, the particular target frequency by extracting the management information from the reference signal,
generate, for the particular end node, a particular beating frequency by beating the reference signal with an uplink laser signal, and
control, for the particular end node, a wavelength of the uplink laser signal to lock to the particular target frequency based on the beating frequency.
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