More and more home broadband users are also upgrading to broadband products with higher rate, which is due to many factors, such as higher service package based on optical fiber, increasing bandwidth demand, more popular application of cloud storage and cloud services, and intensified business competition.
From the perspective of the industrial ecological development of the global 10G PON, the industrial ecology of the whole 10G PON is very robust, with complete photon components, optical modules, chips, networking equipment and CPE equipment.
Operators are concerned about the upgrade cost of 10G PON and the simplicity of the upgrade process, hoping to protect their large investment in central office equipment, customer equipment and optical distribution network (ODN). Leading suppliers have developed PON combo optical modules that integrate the optical parts of PON and 10G PON with wdm1r filters into one optical module. This module provides a simple upgrade path for operators. Operators can upgrade to 10G PON without changing OLT platform and single board. In essence, 10G PON network bandwidth can be provided on existing equipment without more subracks, which is beneficial to the central office room with limited space. In addition, there is no need to change the underlying ODN, neither the splitter nor the fiber. On the CPE side, you do not need to upgrade the existing ont / ONU when upgrading the OLT to 10G. Operators can choose when to upgrade the existing ont / ONU to 10G according to customer needs, service products and competition.
Globally, operators are deploying 10G PON networks. Compared with traditional GPON, 10G xgs-pon can provide 4 times of downlink bandwidth and 8 times of uplink bandwidth.
On the customer terminal side, the operator provides 10G ont / ONU when necessary (such as commercial services). With the continuous development of cloud VR and low latency game applications, high-end users will need 10G to user services.
This is the best time to upgrade to 10G PON. 10G PON provides a broader business development platform for operators. Upgrading 10G PON network can help operators obtain new sources of revenue growth, and create a future oriented network to ensure the long-term upgrade demands of user business.
