GPON system and method for bandwidth allocation in GPON system

摘要

In a gigabit-capable passive optical network (GPON) system and in a method for bandwidth allocation in a passive optical network (PON) system, a minimum bandwidth is allocated to optical network units (ONUs) for minimal transmission assurance dependent on a traffic characteristic of each ONU, and when there is a traffic-container (T-CONT) class of an ONU not allocated bandwidth after minimum bandwidth allocation to all ONUs, an extra bandwidth remaining after minimum bandwidth allocation is dynamically allocated to each T-CONT class according to a weight of the T-CONT class. Thus, efficient bandwidth allocation, considering fairness between ONUs and priority of each T-CONT, is realized.