Comparative Investigation of Passive Optical Networks (original) (raw)

Passive Optical Networks (PON) can be a better solution for the networks accessed in the future, due to their property of high bandwidth availability and energy saving. PON is a point to multipoint mechanism and provides applications like data transmission and reception (IP), video and voice (triple play). For the support of symmetric, high-speed and perfect bandwidths for future services like high definition TV quality and traffic patterns that include video and image services other than voice and text, we require passive optical networks. This paper presents the architecture, PON technologies and detailed discussion on scope of various passive optical networks.