US 12,464,271 B1
Device and method for reverse powering a multi-unit optical network terminal
Erwin Wardojo, McKinney, TX (US); John Valdez, Copper Canyon, TX (US); and Scott Mispagel, Allen, TX (US)
Assigned to FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed by FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS, LLC, Dallas, TX (US)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/957,292.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/719,004, filed on Nov. 11, 2024.
Int. Cl. H04L 12/10 (2006.01); H04L 12/40 (2006.01); H04Q 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04Q 11/0067 (2013.01) [H04L 12/10 (2013.01); H04L 12/40045 (2013.01); H04Q 11/0071 (2013.01)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
21. A method for providing power to a Multi-Unit Optical Network Terminal (MU-ONT) disposed on an exterior of a building, the method including:
receiving, at a reverse powering device and via one or more Power over Ethernet (PoE) ports of the reverse powering device, reverse power supplied via multiple PoE lines, each PoE line connecting the reverse powering device to a respective Terminating Unit (TU) disposed within an interior of the building; and
providing, by the reverse powering device, an aggregation of the reverse power supplied by the multiple PoE lines to one or more power input ports of the MU-ONT, the aggregation of the reverse power corresponding to an even distribution of a power load of the MU-ONT shared across the multiple PoE lines, thereby supplying power to the MU-ONT.