MUMBAI, India, June 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202647074424 A) filed by Ciena Corporation on June 16, 2026, for Rangeless Failover In Pon Protection Switching.
Inventors include Boyd, Edward, Wayne; Teborek, James, A.; Marion, Jean-Christophe; Laubach, Mark, Edward; and Hermes, Matthew.
The application for the patent was published on June 26, 2026, under issue no. 26/2026.
Abstract: Rangeless failover in Passive Optical Network (PON) protection switching is implemented in a PON (10) that includes a first Optical Line Terminal, OLT, (12-1); and a second OLT (12-2), wherein each of the first OLT (12-1) and the second OLT (12-2) are configured to connect to a plurality of Optical Network Units, ONU...