Networking

FTTH (Fiber To The Home) has been proven to be the shining star of the NGA (next generation access) family, and provides an excellent platform for high or ultra-high speed access technologies. Not only do fixed access networks benefit from FTTH solutions, but advanced wireless networks do as well especially in regard to increased backhaul capacity. This tutorial details FTTH deployment options available for the operators. FTTH Architectures There are two commonly used FTTH architectures for FTTH deployment—active and passive. Active architecture is also called as Point 2 Point (P2P), and passive optical network (PON) architecture is called Point to Multi Point (P2M). Choice of active or passive architectures for deployment depends on the type of services to be delivered, cost of the infrastructure, current infrastructure and future plans for migrating to the new technologies. Active Technology Active Ethernet also called Ethernet Switched Optical Network (ESON) or Point to Poi...