By Steven Harris — Nowadays there are two symmetrical choices in the GPON roadmap for 10 Gbps: XGS-PON (ITU-T G.9807.1) and NG-PON2 (ITU-T G.989). In XGS-PON, the “X” refers to 10 Gbps while the “S” refers to symmetrical.
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By Steven Harris — Our networks are evolving to meet the ever-increasing thirst for bandwidth, whether that is with DOCSIS, fiber deep (FD), or passive optical network (PON) technology.
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By Steven Harris — This article was written to get you started on your journey to learn about the latest fiber optic technologies, protocols, and architectures leveraged in our networks.
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By Steven Harris — The trend in the cable industry going forward will be to deploy an increased number of fiber-rich networks that include sophisticated optic connections, equipment, and cabling.
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By Steven Harris — The transport medium of choice for these future cable access networks and next generation services will be fiber optic cabling. As I shared in my previous articles, operators are focused on improving the quality of the network and transforming them with new fiber deep, FTTx, and distributed access architecture.
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By Steven Harris – The access network will require the adoption of scalable new standard architectures leveraging new hardware components and designs. One of the scalable architectures is called “fiber deep”
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By Steven Harris – The access network will require the adoption of scalable new standard architectures leveraging new hardware components and designs. One of the scalable architectures is called “fiber deep”
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By Steven Harris – The focus of the rest of the article is how Ethernet is transforming the access network providing our cable subscribers connectivity via a passive optical network (PON) that uses IEEE Ethernet frames. PONs that use the Ethernet protocol are called Ethernet passive optical networks or EPONs.
Read MoreReni Gorman, vice president, learning and development, SCTE•ISBE, with Karl Kapp, Ed.D., professor at Bloomsburg University, learning industry author and thought leader.
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