AON advantages ■ Higher symmetrical bandwidth capability, which could become an even more significant advantage if demand for P2P and Web 2.0 applications increases rapidly (see 4.2.3). ■ Greater bandwidth scalability. The ability to swap Ethernet line cards in the central office to increase bandwidth capability makes AONs far more flexible than PONs. By virtue […]
Day: July 17, 2015
What is AON Active optical networks
An active optical network (AON) comprises an active Ethernet switch that acts as the intermediate point between the central office and the end-user. Theoretically, this switch is capable of delivering symmetrical speeds of 100Mbps to 32 users simultaneously. This level of throughput could only be achieved, however, if the link between the remote Ethernet switch […]
Next-generation PONs
The FSAN consortium, through its Next Generation Access (NGA) task group, is exploring different technologies to evolve optical access systems beyond GPON. The two main candidates are 10G PONs and WDM-PONs. 10G PONs enable one wavelength to carry 10Gbps capacity, which is shared in the same way as existing point-to-multipoint PON architectures. WDM-PONs allow multiple […]