GPON plays a key role in delivering high bandwidth to residential end users and network nodes with high capacity requirements. GPON will be a key enabler to deliver a wide range of services to any type of end user.

 

Gigabit-capable Passive Optical Network (GPON) is currently one of the fastest access technologies to attract market interest. This white paper describes the current status and future possibilities with GPON.

Several market analysts have predicted a rapid growth of GPON deployments, leading in a few years to the predominance of GPON in fiber access technology. Other technologies, such as Broadband PON (BPON) and Ethernet PON (EPON) are likely to be in place for years to come but to a lesser extent.

GPON’s popularity is due to several factors. It supports a wide range of applications/services, in particular high-bandwidth unicast and broadcast video/TV. It may be deployed in many network architectures: for example, in combination with Very-high speed Digital Subscriber Line 2 (VDSL2, with fiber to the curb, FTTC) or as residential access (fiber to the home, FTTH).

A GPON solution is an integral part of a Full Service Broadband Architecture, which is designed to meet the needs of fixed–mobile convergence and next generation networks across residential and enterprise service offerings.