Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ: AVGO) says it is sampling the BCM68650 family of optical line termination (OLT) PON MAC devices to qualified customers. The MAC can support up to 16 XGS-PON, NG-PON2, or 10G-EPON interfaces, making it suited to high-density OLT line card designs.
Engineered to minimize power consumption, the BCM68650 family devices will support converged 1G, 2.5G, and 10G PONs served via a common OLT trunk fiber. To facilitate the development of line cards using the MACs, Broadcom also is shipping the Broadband Adaptation Layer (BAL), which is designed to provide a simple, standards-based programming interface and data model of the PON. This includes white box OLT scenarios.
“We are excited with the release of the BCM68650 family, in our view an optimal platform for XGS-PON/NG-PON2 mass deployment,” commented Seungdong Lee, CTO of fiber to the premises (FTTP) platform developer DASAN Zhone Solutions, Inc., via a Broadcom press release. “The BCM68650, with its combination of versatility, performance, and scale, will be a critical element in the long-term development of our industry-leading 10G PON solutions.”
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Stephen Hardy
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Stephen Hardy is editorial director and associate publisher of Lightwave and Broadband Technology Report, part of the Lighting & Technology Group at Endeavor Business Media. Stephen is responsible for establishing and executing editorial strategy across the both brands’ websites, email newsletters, events, and other information products. He has covered the fiber-optics space for more than 20 years, and communications and technology for more than 35 years. During his tenure, Lightwave has received awards from Folio: and the American Society of Business Press Editors (ASBPE) for editorial excellence. Prior to joining Lightwave in 1997, Stephen worked for Telecommunications magazine and the Journal of Electronic Defense.
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