PON/Systems Featured Articles

What’s ahead for optical communications in 2012

The November/December 2011 Lightwave magazine cover story “A look ahead at 2012,” is the annual technology forecast, written by Editorial Director and Associate Publisher Stephen Hardy....

Plan now for tomorrow’s FTTH networks

In the September/October 2011 edition of Lightwave magazine, Michael Gronovius of Ericsson asserts in the article “Shaping the future of broadband via next-generation fixed access...

10G PON technology converges

According to the March/April 2011 Lightwave magazine article “10G PON: More similarities than differences” that opens that issue’s “Analysis” section, announcements...

Bell Aliant’s Hartlen offers FTTH deployment tips

In the November/December 2010 Lightwave magazine interview with Bell Aliant’s Senior Vice President, Customer Experience Chuck Hartlen, “Planning leads to FTTXcellence,” the 2010...

Can wavelength-agile PONs compete with XG-PON1?

According to the July/August 2010 Lightwave magazine article “Wavelength-agile PONs offer XG-PON1 alternative,” new tunable receiver technology can enable wavelength-agile PONs that...

Technology to the rescue of next-generation 10G PON networks

By Allard van der Horst Overview Current next-generation PON technologies are too expensive for widespread deployment. Advances in 10-Gbps electronic dispersion compensation and...

Architecting a next-generation access strategy

By Jim Theodoras Overview Next-generation access for residential and business applications requires a next-generation approach, such as WDM-PON. With requirements such as fiber to the desktop...

Green is PON's color

PON architectures save money, energy, and the environment. By Dan Parsons BroadLight In the past 15 years, the telecommunication industry has been intensely focused on supplying more bandwidth to...

PIC-based transceivers enable cost-effective 1G to 10G PON migration

By Andy Weirich Overview To meet the demands of both performance and cost, photonic integrated circuit (PIC) technology is the best choice for PON transceivers. Despite the global economic...

Is Active Ethernet best FTTH option for Google?

FEBRUARY 24, 2010 By Stephen Hardy -- Google’s plans to test 1-Gbps open access FTTH networks has drawn considerable attention -- particularly from equipment vendors who believe their Active...