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GPON Certification with LAN

 

Register to Download the GPON Certification White Paper

Register to Download the GPON Certification White Paper

Overview

Numerous communication services and applications have emerged over the recent years. This makes broadband internet access essential for citizens in big cities and in rural areas, boosting the need for high digital communication bandwidth.

FTTx (Fiber To The “something”) provides digital communication access over optical fibers either all the way to the customer premises or to a place nearby the customer with a DSL solution covering the last part of the way. FTTx networks are typically implemented as Passive Optical Networks (PONs). ITU-T has defined the Gigabit-capable Passive Optical Network (G-PON), which supports digital communication at rates up to 2.4 Gbps downstream and 1.2 Gbps (optionally 2.4 Gbps) upstream.

A G-PON access network requires active transmission equipment at its borders, namely an OLT (Optical Line Terminal, at the operator side) and an ONU (Optical Network Unit, at the user side). Verifying the conformance of the equipment with G-PON specifications is essential. In 2011, the Broadband Forum launched the industry first G-PON certification program – the BBF.247. This is based on Broadband Forum’s BBF.247 conformance test plan for G-PON ONU.

LAN – the Laboratoire des Applications Numériques – is a unique test center, which tests a diverse range of digital applications. The Broadband Forum has officially selected LAN as Test Agency authorized to administer the approved BBF.247 tests and to assess eligibility of products for the Broadband Forum BBF.247 Certification.

For several years now, LAN has executed the BBF.247 tests using ValkyrieBay and ValkyrieCompact testers, equipped with the Xena Odin-1G-3S-6P 6-port 1Gbps test module. The testers have powerful capabilities for testing and verifying G-PON transmission equipment including BBF.247 conformance test cases. The Xena testers give the user an easy to use, efficient test solution, which can handle complex scenarios without breaking the budget.

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