ISE Magazine, August 2019
I S E I C T S O L U T I O N S E D U C AT I O N 6 2 NG PON With gigabit broadband now becoming a bare essential as well as the opportunities presented by business services and 5G small cell support service providers are starting to consider upgrading their current fiber architectures with next generation PON equipment This article looks at what operators should know to ensure their infrastructures can support such an evolution In todays FTTH networks there usually is a feeder fiber called F1 leaving the central office CO This link can sometimes be as long as 30 kilometers This fiber will feed a splitter that will typically feed 32 fibers each one connected to an individual house These are called the F2 fibers See Figure 1 Whether it is next generation PON legacy or slower speed FTTH the Number One fiber related issue found in the field involves dirty or damaged connectors Practicing NG PON Proactive Problem Prevention PON Testing for Legacy and Next Gen Technologies By Guillaume Lavallee @ EXFO
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