CONTENTS

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Contents I
List of Figures II
List of Tables III
List of Abbreviations & Symbols IV

1. Introduction 0.1-3
Objective 0.1
Description 3.0

2. Gigabit Passive Optical Network - GPON 4-18

References 19
Screen Shots 20-26
List of Figures

Figure No. Name of the Figure Page No.

Figure 1. GPON Connectivity 1
Figure 2 Traditional Active Ethernet LAN 3
Figure 2.1 FTTx network architecture 4
Figure 2.2 Typical GPON architecture 5
Figure 3.1 DBA process 8
Figure 4.1 Downstream GPON frame 10
Figure 4.2. Upstream GPON Frame format 11
Figure 4.3. T-CONT mapping and reporting 12
Figure 4.4. GPON encapsulation method 13

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List of Tables

Table No. Name of the Table Page No.

Table 1 GPON Nominal bit rate 5

Table 2 Loss budget for the GPON system 15

Abbreviations and Acronyms

IPTV : Internet Protocol television
VoD : Video on demand

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(HSI) : High Speed Internet access
AB : Assured Bandwidth
AES : Advanced Encrypt System
AGC : Automatic Gain Control
AN : Access Network
BE : Best-offer Bandwidth
CBU : Cell Base Unit
CID : Consecutive Identical Digit
DBA : Dynamically Bandwidth Assignment/Allocation
DSLAM : Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer
EFMA : Ethernet in the First Mile Alliance
EPON : Ethernet Passive Optical Network
EqD : Equalization Delay
FB : Fixed Bandwidth
FSAN : Full Service Access Networks
FTTB : Fiber to the Building
FTTC : Fiber to the Curb
FTTH : Fiber to the Home
FTTN : Fiber to the Network
GEM : G-PON Encapsulation Method
GPON : Gigabit-Capable Passive Optical Network
JF : Jumbo Frames

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