Feb
14
2014
Three main types of EPON are differentiating in speed and distance. 1000 BASE-PX10 is providing maximum distance of 10 km, while 1000 BASE-PX20 and 10G EPON maximum distance is 20 km.
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Feb
14
2014
In BPON and GPON Ethernet frames are encapsulated and transmitted already inside other type of frames. In EPON, however, Ethernet frames are transmitted natively without use of TDM. Technology is show
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Feb
14
2014
In the upstream direction of the GPON, T-CONT frames are transmitted for the management purposes. T-CONT contain one of two - either ATM cells or GEM frames. T-CONTs are identified by unique AllocIDs,
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Feb
14
2014
In order to avoid upstream transmission collision between many ONUs, ranging is necessary. Since ONUs are located at different distances from OLT, data should arrive in the correct time slots at OLT,
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Feb
14
2014
Ethernet is offering a lot of advantages for the PON, what was the motivation for creating EPON. Ethernet is the most popular solution for WANs, LANs, and MANs. Due to features like low cost Ethernet
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