Assuming 32-way
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split for both EPON and G-PON, the EPON system
offers an average bandwidth of 31.25 Mbps per ONU in both downstream and
upstream directions. A G-PON with 2488 Mbps symmetric bandwidth will
offer 77.75 Mbps for each ONU. The RBOCs in the United States do not
think the EPON capacity meets the requirements in a modern data-centric
society (Chap. 1). This is one of the reasons that G-PON has been selected as
the technology of choice for the joint request for proposal (RFP) issued by
Verizon, SBC, and Bell South.
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To address the growing demand, at the time of
writing, IEEE has started a new task force 802.3av to charter the development
of 10 Gb/s EPON [38].
2.9 SUPER PON
Super PON was proposed to achieve better economy by increasing the