1.1 Basic principles of PON system
PON (passive optical network) refers to an optical access network in which the ODN (optical distribution network) between OLT (optical line terminal) and ONU (optical network unit) all adopts passive equipment.
PON is a point-to-multipoint (P2MP) optical access system, which can save fiber resources, ODN does not require power supply, user access is convenient, and supports multi-service access. It is a broadband fiber access technology that operators are currently vigorously promoting , There are mainly two technologies, EPON and GPON. PON system adopts WDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing) technology to realize single-fiber bidirectional transmission
In order to separate the incoming and outgoing signals of multiple users on the same fiber, the following two multiplexing techniques are used:
The downstream data stream adopts broadcasting technology;
Upstream data flow adopts TDMA technology;
Each PON port can achieve a maximum transmission speed of 1.25G upstream and 2.5G downstream.
1.2 Typical PON network structure
The PON system is mainly composed of three parts: OLT, ODN, and ONU. ODN does not include active equipment. The OLT to ONU is connected through an optical splitter to form a P2MP (point-to-multipoint) structure.
1.3 PON system composition
The basic components of the PON system are:
Optical line terminal (OLT) equipment at the central office;
ODN refers to the optical distribution network used to connect the central office OLT equipment and the remote ONU equipment. ODN only includes passive components or facilities;
Optical network unit (ONU/ONT).