September 4, 2008

Alphion Intros GPON Extender

Alphion Corporation announced the introduction of the PON.ext™ Release 2 single rack unit compact system, a second generation all optical GPON extender solution.

The new PON.ext™ unit allows carriers to extend network reach to 60 km, increase the number of end users up to 128, and reduce network operating expenditures. The transparent, all-optical system is fully compliant with the recently published ITU-T G.984.6 standard for GPON networks.

”The new GPON extension single RU pizza box fits into a standard 19” shelf, making it a versatile building block in a variety of GPON network architectures,” said Dr. David Piehler, Alphion Vice President of Access Architecture. “PON.ext™ technology amplifies signals using all-optical amplification, and is transparent to both data rate and protocol. This ensures interoperability with both the Alphion GPON family and other manufacturers GPON equipment.”

The PON.ext™ rack unit provides 26 dB optical gain for the 1310 nm burst-mode upstream traffic and 23 dB optical gain for the 1490 nm downstream traffic. This enables central office consolidation, services hard to reach customers in rural area, eliminates remote OLTs, increases network reliability and reduces carrier operational and capital expenses.

 

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