NextGEN PON technologies and challenges they bring


Milorad Sarić
IBIS Instruments


ABSTRACT - Demand for higher bitrates is constantly growing and limitations with current G-PON are getting more and more noticeable. During next year 10G PON technologies will out-deploy GPON. New PON architectures are also emerging to increase cascading capability and scalability. PON technologies coexistence will ease the required transition, but besides numerous benefits NextGEN PON will offer, there are some new challenges to consider along with the old maintenance challenges inherited from GPON.