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50G-PON Technology

Next generation experiences for the entire community

50G-PON is the next standards-based evolution in passive optical networking technology. With 5 times the capacity of XGS PON along with associated technologies like PON slicing, 50G-PON brings game changing experiences to business, academic, and residential subscribers.

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New experiences

50G-PON expands opportunities with mobile x-haul, academic institutions and large campuses, advanced telepresence for rural healthcare, bandwidth hungry venues, and residential AR/VR and 8K streaming​.

Standards-based flexibility

ITU standards based means less risk and more flexibility with simultaneous support of symmetric 50G and 50/25 (downstream, upstream) services.

Co-existence

Seamlessly integrate new services with simultaneous Tri-PON support of 50G-PON, XGS-PON, and GPON on the same fiber.​

Solutions

Delivering game changing experiences for the entire community​

High-capacity connectivity and experience-rich services for businesses, residential subscribers, and communities

  • Mobile operators—Support mobile operators with high capacity and secure x-haul services and mobile offload​.

  • Academic institutions—Enrich academic institutions and large campus networks​.

  • Healthcare—Advanced telepresence for healthcare applications for diverse rural populations​.

  • Events and venues—Deliver high-capacity broadband with Wi-Fi access to support large events, concerts, and sporting venues​.

  • Residential and MDU—Support for high concentrations of bandwidth hungry immersive and collaborative lifestyle work at home applications, AR/VR, and 8K streaming​.
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Technology detail

The next evolution in PON technologies​

  • International Telecommunication Union (ITU) standard for delivering next generation capabilities for FTTx deployments.

  • Defined as ITU-T  G.9804 HSP G.hsp - Higher Speed PON

  • 50G allows both asymmetric (50G downstream/ 25G upstream) and symmetric 50G-PON (50G downstream / 50G upstream) to coexist on the same fiber helping BSPs target residential/business market segments simultaneously. 

  • 50G-PON can operate at 1286nm +/- 2nm upstream and 1342nm +/- 2nm downstream. This enables it to operate on the same fiber with existing GPON and XGS-PON deployments for exceptional flexibility and low total cost of ownership.​

  • Support for higher speed business and wholesale leased line eliminates dedicated separate networks and fibers​.

  • Single network provides common management, increased automation, and reduced operational cost and leverage existing investments in resources and people​.

  • Allows a physical broadband network including the PON to be partitioned into multiple logical networks, called a network slice, delivering services on par with dedicated active Ethernet networks while still using a single wavelength for all subscribers.​

  • Slices may be statically reserved or dynamically created then removed allocated and each slice can have distinct bandwidth, QoS and latency parameter settings​.

  • Slices can be established to provide business subscribers with a minimum bandwidth guarantee, while offering a significantly higher non-guaranteed bandwidth class. ​

  • Service in one slice can be guaranteed for throughput, latency and jitter without impacting other logical slices.

  • Slice isolation enables per-slice performance, traffic separation, security, privacy, and end-to-end management and orchestration​.

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