Title :
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
fDate :
12/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Communications Magazine, IEEE
