Next-generation PON: part i: technology roadmap and general requirements

  • Authors:
  • Jun-Ichi Kani;Fabrice Bourgart;Anna Cui;Albert Rafel;Malcolm Campbell;Russell Davey;Silvana Rodrigues

  • Affiliations:
  • NTT Corporation;France Telecom Orange Labs;AT&T;BT Innovate & Design;BT Innovate & Design;BT Innovate & Design;Zarlink Semiconductor

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Communications Magazine
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

Gigabit-class passive optical networks have been standardized and are now being deployed. This article presents possible migration scenarios toward the next-generation PON and proposes a technology roadmap of evolutionary growth (termed NG-PON1) vs. revolutionary change (termed NG-PON2). This article then details the general requirements for NG-PON1 to support various popular applications many service providers expressed interests on as well as to enable smooth migration from Gigabit PON.