Whats the Difference between GPON and

EPON?
GPON provides an efficient means of transmission for Ethernet and TDM. As for the
lowest cost business, the need for a a!er " protocol is Ethernet. #h! not choose
EPON$ #e will discuss the differences between GPON and EPON in the followin%
and it is these differences that ma&e GPON become technolo%! choices to the lar%e
operators' deplo!ment.
A %ood startin% point for discussion of GPON and EPON on access networ& is
ma&in% a brief review toward their mission statement sponsored b! a%encies. (ased
on the followin% observations, )EEE promotes E*M +tud! Group to reali,e the
Ethernet as an access technolo%!-
.. +upports users to access to the networ& topolo%!- point to multipoint fiber
transmission/ point to point fiber transmission/ point to point copper transmission.
". Offers a ran%e of ph!sical la!er specifications-
.000(A+E12 E3tended temperature ran%e of optical components/
.000(A+E124.0&m, a sin%le1mode fiber 5+M fiber6/
PON ph!sical la!er, 4.0&m, .000Mbps, sin%le1mode fiber, 4.- .7/
+in%le voice %rade copper for no load on the ph!sical la!er.
8. Distance 4"900ft, speed 4.0Mbps/ support user access to the remote networ&
OAM/ remote fault indication/ remote loopbac&/ lin& status monitorin%.
EPON lack of flexibility GPON with flexibility
Line Speed *i3ed .."9Gbps in both
directions
:ariable and up to
".9Gbps
;an be chosen between
performance and the cost
of optical devices
Optical Network .0&m, "0&m
#ith A and ( %rade
"0&m, 70&m
#ith A, ( and ; %rade-
further or hi%her split
ratio
Split ratio .-.7 .-7</ .-."=
Efficiency 9.> when it reaches to .Gbps ?"> when it reaches to . or
"Gbps
Sccessor of !PON No *ull use of the (PON
investment
Operators can mi%rate
.
between the same ODN
rules
*rom rural to urban, GPON is widel! used in telecom densit! and urbani,ation ran%e,
the hi%her line speed and efficienc!, and the split ratio of it, the hi%her fle3ibilit! it
provides. The optical bud%et of GPON is more suitable for common lon%1ran%e loop
in North American. The selection of GPON line speed ma&es it optimi,ed for
performance and cost. The cos
The hi%her GPON line speed will support more services or achieve more surplus
income. Moreover, the support to the TDM over GEM has provided a safe alternative
for the transmission of traditional business TDM over GEM to provide.
GPON onl! standardi,ed to the line OA@M. )n most cases the mana%ement of ONT
and the service provided b! ONT is usuall! supported b! +NMP, thus %eneratin% the
problem of mana%ement and interoperabilit!. )n addition, as the obAect bein% mana%ed
is not in accordance with the needs of the service provider, so, ONT often lac& of
some &e! O@M features such as line testin% and other fault isolation tools.
There is no inherent securit! measures to EPON- no encr!ption on lin& la!er. +ince
the ONT can deceive downlin& AN address and communication, securit! is further
decreased. These ris&s can be b!passed b! addin% encr!ption on some EPON transfer
la!er, but this will complicate the networ& or application, and when the application
must be ta&en in different wa!s with the end position different, it will run a timer as a
unified Ethernet protocol.
GPON provided protection or redundanc! options for access networ&, and hi%h1end
business services often need such service characteristics. Most importantl!, GPON
has a comprehensive support, includin% interoperabilit! from different vendors
between the OT and ONT. This %reatl! reduces the ris& of service providers on the
reBuirements of mi3in% and matchin% ONT and OT, and b! ma&in% new entrants
"
provide a solution for the e3istin% networ& rapidl!, thereb! reducin% the entrance of
innovation.
The reBuirements of the li%ht la!er between GPON and EPON is different, because
the downlin& rate of GPON is ".9Gbps while the line rate of EPON is onl! .."9Gbps.
Cowever, as the lin& of ".9G is a pair of continuous lin& transmitterDreceiver, and is
similar with the mass1produced +ONET O;1<= 5+DC' +TM1.76, so there is no e3tra
cost on it. As for the Eplin& rate terms, GPON and EPON nearl! the same, and for the
.."Gbps line rate, the cost of them is the same. EPON ma! need a little bit e3tra costs,
since it does not support power classification, that is to sa!, the operatin% ran%e of the
receiver in a burst mode on EPON will be more than GPON. Althou%h the cost of
GPON and EPON transmitterDreceiver is the same, the GPON will have advanta%es
on the bud%et of optical lin& F8 d( compared with EPON. And the 8d( ma! e3tend
.0&m of the fiber distance, or support twice number of GPON ONT on the same
GPON OT, %reatl! reduced the eBuipment costs of ;O.
Accordin% to different line codin% and cost, we %et the followin% benefits of each
technolo%! bandwidth
Downstrea"
rate #$bps%
&pstrea"
rate #$bps%
Downstrea"
efficiency
Downstrea"
practical
bandwidth
#$bps%
Split ratio
EPON ."90 ."90 G"> ?00 .-8"
GPON "900 ."90 ?"> "800 .-7<
Exa"ple'
Different bandwidth %ains will affect the split ratio allowed b! each technolo%! in
different wa!s, and be subAect to different OT port numberDthe avera%e throu%hput.
Now we will set an e3ample to let !ou &now clearl! about the comparison between
EPON and GPON. Assumin% the e3istence of a *TTC networ& has .0,000 service
users. Neither speculate the t!pe of service 5)nternet access, :O)P, usin% MPEG1" or
1< standardi,ed )PT:, as well as +DT: or CDT:6, nor speculate the number of
services per household, we Aust consider the avera%e throu%hput of Ethernet1based
services into the home. Due to the technolo%! cost rou%hl! the same, we can also
assume the eBuipment cost rou%hl! the same, so we can ma&e the followin%
assumptions-
()era*e
thro*hpt
#$bps%
+, -, ., /, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, +,,
N"ber of 8.8 8.8 88< <99 997 77G =8< ?.0 .000 ..."
8
EPON
OL5
N"ber of
GPON
OL5
.9G .9G .9G .G7 ".= "7< 8.8 89= <00 <89
GPON
OL5'
EPON
OL5
.-" .-" .-"." .-".7 .-".7 .-".7 .-".G .-".7 .-".9 .-".7
Now we can use the result to calculate the avera%e costDuser of each technolo%!
accordin% to avera%e throu%hput.
The si%nificant cost advanta%e of GPON is the decrease of the reBuired OT numbers.
That is to sa!, GPON adoption will be cheaper compared with EPON solutions, and
moreover, it will help operators to brin% other cost savin%s, such as space, but the
most important is power consumption and heat dissipation.
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