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Re: Fibre / GPON forums

said by jcremin:

I haven't spent any time looking up those products yet, but do you know if that splitter/tap box in the underground vault is actually a splitter fed by one fiber, or if the 8 (or whatever) ports each have a fiber going down the line coming in and it is more of just a breakout box?

Im actually trying to find some documentation to confirm this myself, to ensure Im not spreading rubbish and to confirm my own understanding of how it works.

I'll post back when I find something.

But my understanding is that each port on the tap has its own individual fibre.
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Ok.

Im not spreading rubbish. Yay.

But it seems that Corning makes TAPs (yes, they call them TAP, but its an acronym for "tethered access point") in a couple of different varieties.

The first:
»catalog.corning.com/Cabl ··· AFTA_web

Works the way I have been describing, where each port on the tap has its own individual fibre.

The second are split as you go type taps, and come in two varieties of their own:

1. With expansion port (for daisy chaining I suppose)
2. Without expansion port

Corning have numerous options, different configurations and tail lengths etc, you can find them all here:

»catalog.corning.com/Cabl ··· tiSheath

Looks like they basically have an entire outside plant solution, one stop shop!
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said by TomS_:

Ok.

Im not spreading rubbish. Yay.

But it seems that Corning makes TAPs (yes, they call them TAP, but its an acronym for "tethered access point") in a couple of different varieties.

The way the NAPS, TAPS, whatever, work is, they are run back to a crossbox which has a DWDM splitter, which lights up the distribution fiber based upon how the LGX cross jumpers are placed.

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Im not sure DWDM is part of this kind of system, except maybe in a backhaul network.

In the distribution cabinet there are one or more splitters which duplicate the signal N ways to be distributed to the customers. But this is different to an WDM splitter, which separates different wavelengths for individual presentation.
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said by TomS_:

In the distribution cabinet there are one or more splitters which duplicate the signal N ways to be distributed to the customers.

Having done a lot of PON I seriously doubt that is happening.

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All of the PON implementations I have seen work by sending the same downstream signal to all ONTs, and this is achieved using 1xN way splitters. The ONTs pick out the data that belongs to them, and ignore the rest.

In the upstream direction the ONTs use a TDM based protocol, having time slots in which they can transmit.

If you read some of my earlier posts I linked to datasheets and other information about specific products that achieve this method of operation.

Im not saying that its impossible to have a WDM based PON network, but Ive never seen or heard of one out in the wild. Im sure there are many different ways to achieve the same kind of outcome, we have just been discussing one particular method in this thread.
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said by TomS_:

All of the PON implementations I have seen work by sending the same downstream signal to all ONTs, and this is achieved using 1xN way splitters. The ONTs pick out the data that belongs to them, and ignore the rest.

In the upstream direction the ONTs use a TDM based protocol, having time slots in which they can transmit.

Interesting, that quite different from the PON's I have worked with and yes I can see how it would work.

Let me ask you a question, if an ONT locks up and just sends continuous light how does one go about finding it and how many ONT's can be on a strand before timing gets flakey?

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You will have DWDM (or more likely CWDM) in a PON if for example you are doing an RF overlay (ie. like Verizon FIOS or similiar). You could also encounter DWDM from CO -> Remote on a main line before it's peeled off to different feeders to keep your physical fiber usage lower if need be.
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said by TomS_:

All of the PON implementations I have seen work by sending the same downstream signal to all ONTs, and this is achieved using 1xN way splitters. The ONTs pick out the data that belongs to them, and ignore the rest.

In the upstream direction the ONTs use a TDM based protocol, having time slots in which they can transmit.

Tom, you are absolutely correct. Both IEEE 802.3ah and ITU-T G.984 GPON standards dictate that method.

If some company wanted to use even simple WDM (let alone "dense" WDM) on top of GPON passive infrastructure, they have to use custom OLT/ONU designs. I am curious to see a link to such a commercial product - if they actually exist.

P.S. ITU uses ATM frames downstream while IEEE uses 802.3 frames. Most OLT/ONUs are "universal" and can support either ITU/IEEE method. However, they can't support WDM without a complete re-design.