PMC-Sierra announces second-generation GPON devices for worldwide Fiber-to-the-Home deployments

“By partnering with PMC-Sierra to supply industry-leading GPON access equipment, Dasan is able to leverage PMC-Sierra’s extensive experience based on millions of FTTH field deployments,” said Dr. Steve Lee, vice president and head of R&D, Dasan Networks, Inc. “Our partnership enables us to offer high-performance, low cost triple-play GPON systems based on field-proven, flexible platforms that can easily meet carriers’ current and future service requirements.”

PMC-Sierra’s ONT, Single-Family Unit (SFU), Multi-Dwelling Unit (MDU) and gateway reference designs are available for a range of user interfaces, including Gigabit Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, MoCA, POTS, USB and WiFi (see Figures 1 – 4). The designs implement advanced power saving techniques that enable the use of smaller batteries in deployments where lifeline service is required, and reduce ONT power consumption to a minimum when not in use, reducing the cost and increasing the energy efficiency of GPON networks.

The GPON OLT reference design provides complete line card functionality and implements a very low-latency upstream Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation (DBA) algorithm, as well as optical supervision features, enabling higher network efficiency and lower maintenance costs.

“PMC-Sierra’s new SoCs and reference designs enable our customers to offer GPON products with differentiated network and power performance, at lower cost and shorter time to market,” said Victor Vaisleib, vice president and general manager of PMC-Sierra’s FTTH business unit. “This advanced generation of GPON products, including OLT, ONT and residential gateway devices, achieves all GPON market requirements for throughput, power consumption and QoS.”