Packet communicating apparatus
| Title: | Packet communicating apparatus |
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| Patent Number: | 8,218,544 |
| Publication Date: | July 10, 2012 |
| Appl. No: | 12/926048 |
| Application Filed: | October 22, 2010 |
| Abstract: | Bandwidth control over users accommodated under ONU in PON is achieved. BAS sets user bandwidth information obtained during user authorization in OLT. The OLT achieves bandwidth control on a user basis, using bandwidth information set from the BAS. The present invention enables bandwidth control over users under the ONUs. |
| Inventors: | Takeuchi, Takashi (Hadano, JP); Wakayama, Koji (Kokubunji, JP) |
| Assignees: | Hitachi, Ltd. (Tokyo, JP) |
| Claim: | 1. A packet communicating apparatus comprising: a packet processing unit; and a first interface, wherein: when authorizing each of a plurality of users accommodated under plurality of network units, the packet communicating apparatus controls bandwidths for the users to send and receive packets such that bandwidths are allocated between a respective network unit and the first interface according to a number of users accommodated under the network unit or individual bandwidths allocated to each user accommodated under the network unit, the first interface is an optical line termination (OLT) interface, the number of users is obtained from a Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) server managing information of the users while authorizing the users, and the OLT interface comprises: a CPU interface serving as control lines from the packet processing unit; and an internal interface through which data is sent and received to and from the packet processing unit. |
| Claim: | 2. The packet communicating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the packet communicating apparatus is a broadband access server for subsidiarily connecting optical network units according to a Passive Optical Network (PON) type. |
| Claim: | 3. The packet communicating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the packet communication apparatus obtains information about the individual bandwidths allocated to the users while authorizing the users. |
| Claim: | 4. A packet communicating system comprising: a first communicating apparatus; and a second communicating apparatus connected to the first communicating apparatus via network units; wherein: the first communicating apparatus comprises: a packet processing unit; and a first interface, when authorizing each of a plurality of users accommodated under plurality of network units, the first communicating apparatus controls bandwidths for the users to send and receive packets such that bandwidths are allocated between a respective network unit and the first interface according to a number of users accommodated under the network unit or individual bandwidths allocated to each user accommodated under the network unit, the number of users accommodated under the network unit is obtained from the second communicating apparatus, the first interface is an optical line termination (OLT) interface, the second communicating apparatus is a Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) server managing information of the users, the number of users is obtained from the RADIUS server while authorizing the users, and the OLT interface comprises: a CPU interface serving as control lines from the packet processing unit; and an internal interface through which data is sent and received to and from the packet processing unit. |
| Claim: | 5. The packet communicating system according to claim 4 , wherein the first communicating apparatus is a broadband access server (BAS) for subsidiarily connecting optical network units (ONUs) according to a Passive Optical Network (PON) type. |
| Claim: | 6. The packet communicating system according to claim 4 , wherein the first communicating apparatus obtains information about the individual bandwidths allocated to the users while authorizing the users. |
| Current U.S. Class: | 370/389 |
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| Assistant Examiner: | Lee, Andrew C |
| Primary Examiner: | Sheikh, Ayaz |
| Attorney, Agent or Firm: | Crowell & Moring LLP |
| Accession Number: | edspgr.08218544 |
| Database: | USPTO Patent Grants |
| Language: | English |
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