The IEEE approved the 802.3bk amendment to its...
The IEEE approved the 802.3bk amendment to its 802.3 ethernet standard to enable higher-density and longer-reach applications of Ethernet Passive Optical Networks. Enabling extended EPON applications will optimize ownership costs for network operators, IEEE said Thursday. “As operators around the…
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world seek to build higher-density and more cost-effective optical access networks that connect more customers, service providers are grappling with a number of scalability challenges associated with delivery of mobile backhaul and guaranteeing connectivity to remote customers,” said Marek Hajduczenia, chair of IEEE’s 802.3bk Extended EPON Task Force, in a news release. “The development of IEEE 802.3bk was an open, market-driven effort to amend the Ethernet standard to allow a given EPON deployment to support more users over longer distances than previously possible.” The amendment to the 802.3 standard expands the EPON service area while reducing the cost per subscriber, IEEE said. The extended EPON will also reduce the footprint and power consumption of central equipment per customer and the cost of service upgrades and fiber deployments, the group said (http://bit.ly/1fdGS9r).