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CHAPTER 7. INTRODUCTION
7. Introduction into GPON
The main characteristics of Passive Optical Networks (PON) is that there are no
electrical components in use for signal distribution. This architecture is mainly
used as a solution for access to the last mile, leading optical fiber cabling and
signals nearest to end user. A PON system has the ability to deliver high speed
rates for broadband access.
The first PON was based on ATM (called APON, now renamed to broadband
or BPON) and it has evolved to today’s dominants Gigabit PON (GPON) and
Ethernet PON (EPON). All of these optical technologies create split multi-site
connection paths, they are built using a similar topology, and components like
shown by Figure 7.1.
Figure 7.1: Possible Topology for GPON
7.1 Physical Specifications
GPON is a technology used to realize FTTx (e.g. Fiber-to-the-Home) architec-
tures (See Figure 7.2). A network that uses GPON technology basically consists
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