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- GPON: The Gateway PON
- Fiber To The Home FTTH deployments continue to enjoy accelerated growth worldwide, with major deployments underway in Japan (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation [NTT]), Korea Korea Telecom and the United States Verizon. Passive Optical Networking PON deployments are currently segmented in two flavors: Ethernet PON EPON in Japan and Korea,...
- White papers 2008-05-21
- 120 Mbps upstream? Even 30 Mbps? Come on- who really needs it?
- Note: I've amended this post with corrective information, including this from our networking guru, George Ou. George,an actual engineer, points out: You cannot claim DOCSIS 3.0 is 160/120 down/up service and compare it to 50/30 down/up FiOS service. That is grossly misleading. 160/120 down/up in...
- Blog posts 2007-12-03
- FiOS - Verizon's long-term vision to the 10+ gigabit home
- As the computer and Internet revolution blooms, the one thing that is lagging behind is broadband connectivity. There's no question that the future of long-range high-speed telecommunication is Fiber, but different companies are taking different approaches. While AT&T is going to try and install fiber to within a mile of...
- Blog posts 2007-07-09
- Quality of Service in Multioperator GPON Access Networks With Triple-Play Services
- Off late, in some places, optical-fibre access networks have been used with GPON technology belonging to organizations in most cases public bodies that act as neutral operators. These operators simultaneously provide network services to various telecommunications operators that offer integrated voice, data and television services. This situation creates new problems...
- White papers 2006-12-01
- Report: Verizon FIOS 12-18 months away from set-top delivery of ALL Internet videos
- In a private note to several of his colleagues including your truly Dave Burstein of DSL Prime reports this morning he has found out that Verizon is about 12 to 18 months away from executing a plan to open the set-top box to all Internet video. This woud be...
- Blog posts 2006-09-27
- GPON Service Level Agreement Based Dynamic Bandwidth Assignment Protocol
- A dynamic bandwidth assignment protocol is proposed that demonstrates impartial and highly efficient bandwidth arrangement for gigabit-capable passive optical networks. In particular the novel algorithm automatically modifies the assigned bandwidth per optical network unit to support quality of service and service level agreement according to maximum network capacity and users'...
- White papers 2006-09-11
- WDM PON for Next-Generation Optical Broadband Access Networks
- TDM-PON systems such as BPON and GPON are being deployed in current generation FTTH/FTTP access networks for providing broadband access offering triple play services including video, data and voice. In the near future, it is in general agreed that WDM based access networks will be enabling the next-generation optical broadband...
- White papers 2006-06-25
- Business Class Services Over a GPON Network
- Typically, businesses are served over a protected network with tight tolerances of parameters such as jitter and wander. A GPON network is an attractive way to deliver residential services because it is usually deployed in an unprotected mode, which makes it less expensive. A GPON network can provide the reliability...
- White papers 2006-02-20
- GPON Voice Strategies: Flexible, Carrier-Grade Voice Solutions
- Today's complex competitive and regulatory environment presents service providers with significant challenges when deploying voice services. Operators need flexible options in a rapidly evolving market, in order to respond successfully to MSOs and VoN providers who are successfully deploying VoIP, cellular substitution of POTS, and a regulatory environment for voice...
- White papers 2005-09-01
- Pondering Passive Optical Networking Deployment
- This paper will assess the key considerations in selecting among alternatives for PON, and propose a PON deployment strategy which favors time to market and system evolution. An overview on industry and technology trends is first discussed followed by a discussion of service evolution and its implication on access requirements....
- White papers 2004-09-23
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