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G-PON Technology and Markets
PracTel Inc, May 2005
This report reflects the analysis of the newly adopted ITU G-PON standard. The market reacted very positive to this standard acceptance, and G-PON is a welcome newcomer into a group of PON technologies.
G-PON came to the picture after the FSAN group had established initial standards (A/B-PON), and its timing reflects the importance of further improvements of FTTP technology:
- G-PON extended speed of transmission to 2.4 Mb/s
- G-PON can be enhanced with FEC and protection schemes
- G-PON is able to transmit IP, SONET, voice and video
With this in mind, we developed the report, which, as far as we know, is the first such document dedicated fully to G-PON. It consists of the two major parts – the technology and the markets. In the technology part, we provided a comprehensive picture on the current status of PON technologies. We emphasize the wide spectrum of issues, and showed G-PON as a technology that has many features standard to all PONs as well as a number of distinguished properties. The important parts of the G-PON standard are the GIANT MAC protocol, including GEM. Due to high rate of transmission, G-PON is especially effective for multi-channel TV support, including HDTV.
We also attempted to compare G-PON with other PON standards, particular E-PON, which is not a trivial task. We provided a comparative analysis of technologies, but left to the providers to decide in each particular case what exactly is advantageous for them.
In the marketing part, we estimated the G-PON equipment and providers’ revenue markets as derivative of the total PON market. Our estimate proves that the G-PON market, though still very young, shows all symptoms of the strength, and in many cases G-PON is in the winning situation.
Research Methodology
Considerable research was done using the Internet. Information from various Web sites was studied and analyzed. Evaluation of publicly available marketing and technical publications was conducted. Telephone conversations and interviews were held with industry analysts, technical experts and executives. In addition to these interviews and primary research, secondary sources were used to develop a more complete mosaic of the market landscape, including industry and trade publications, conferences and seminars.
The overriding objective throughout the work has been to provide valid and relevant information. This has led to a continual review and update of the information content.
Target Audience
This report is important to a wide population of researches, technical and sales staff involved in the developing of the PON services and products. It is recommended for both service providers and vendors that are working with related technologies. The report also helps to understand issues associated with relationship between PON and other technologies.
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