Deployment status and common technical specifications for a B-PON system

Author

Ueda, Hiromi ; Okada, Kenji ; Ford, Brian ; Mahony, Glenn ; Hornung, Stephen ; Faulkner, David ; Abiven, Jacques ; Durel, Sophie ; Ballart, Ralph ; Erickson, John

Author_Institution

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp., Japan

Volume

39

Issue

12

fYear

2001

fDate

12/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

134

Lastpage

141

Abstract

Broadband passive optical networks (B-PONs) have entered the commercial deployment phase in North America, Japan, and Europe. Nippon Telegraph and Telephone, BellSouth, France Telecom, British Telecommunications p.l.c., and SBC have developed a set of common technical specifications (CTS) for a B-PON system based on ITU-T Recommendations G.983.1, G.983.2 and G.983.3. They have deployed or plan to deploy B-PON systems based on this CTS. This article describes B-PON interface features, the outline of the CTS, and the deployment status of the B-PON systems around the world

Keywords

broadband networks; network interfaces; optical fibre subscriber loops; telecommunication standards; B-PON interface; B-PON system; BellSouth; British Telecommunications; Europe; France Telecom; Japan; NTT; Nippon Telegraph and Telephone; North America; SBC; broadband passive optical networks; commercial deployment; common technical specifications; deployment status; optical access network; Costs; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Passive optical networks; Production; Programmable control; Telecommunications; Telegraphy; Telephony; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.968824

Filename

968824