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- One Ethernet Network from Central Office to Residence
- Great Appeal Where There Are Lots of MDUs, Like China
Qualcomm Atheros (QCA) is one of a number of companies that are working under the oversight of the IEEE to develop a technology called 802.3bn, also called EPoC for EPON-over-Coax. It melds fiber and EoC into one logical network by, in effect, making coax emulate fiber. In that way, one network scheme will be used from the cableco’s central office to the residence, not two as is currently required. An IEEE task force has been set up to develop the technology standard.
EPoC will provide speeds of at least 1 Gbps, but most importantly operate as one and the same network over both fiber and coax, the wireline architecture that is becoming the norm in China. QCA’s Alex Liu, who has been a participant in the task force, expects the standard to be completed before the end of 2014, which in real terms may mean 2015 and deployments in 2016.
EPoC will do very well, he said, outside the States but, he predicted, will not replace the installed base of DOCSIS in the US because EPoC will be used where there are many MDUs such as in Asia.
The IEEE approved 802.3bn’s PAR last August so its development is underway. Broadcom’s Mark Laubach is acting chair of the 802.3bn task force. The technology has attracted wide attention.
Representatives from these companies attended the December 18, 2012 meeting:
Arris (equipment)
Aurora Networks (equipment)
Brighthouse Networks (cableco)
Broadcom (chipmaker)
Comcast (cableco)
Cox (cableco)
Excentis (testing and consulting)
Intel (chipmaker)
Qualcomm (chipmaker)
Rogers Cable (cableco)
ST Micro (chipmaker)
Titan Photonics (equipment)
Please note the number of cablecos (4), chip and box makers (7) and especially the absence of telcos.
Other 802.3bn task force participants are supporters are:
Alcatel-Lucent
Aurora Networks
Cogeco Cable
CableLabs
Dell
Fiberhome Telecommunication
Won Technologies
Harmonic
HP
High Speed Design
Huawei
Neophotonics
PMC-Sierra
Sumitomo Electric Industries
Technical Working Committee of China Radio & TV Association (SARFT)
Wuhan Yangtze Optical Technologies
ZTE
According to the task force, the development of 802.3bn is based on these factors:
- The success of DOCSIS in providing for the growing demand for faster broadband speeds and the need to look beyond that so cablecos can “future-proof” their existing coaxial infrastructure to provide even greater speeds.
- The continued demand for cablecos’ broadband capacity and increasing consumer consumption of broadband-based IP services for residential and, increasingly, business services.
- Worldwide interest and support from cablecos, system vendors, chipmakers and component manufacturers
It said the goal of the project is to optimize the cost balance between the network infrastructure components and attached stations in the cable network. It wants the....
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- One Ethernet Network from Central Office to Residence
- Great Appeal Where There Are Lots of MDUs, Like China
Qualcomm Atheros (QCA) is one of a number of companies that are working under the oversight of the IEEE to develop a technology called 802.3bn, also called EPoC for EPON-over-Coax. It melds fiber and EoC into one logical network by, in effect, making coax emulate fiber. In that way, one network scheme will be used from the cableco’s central office to the residence, not two as is currently required. An IEEE task force has been set up to develop the technology standard.
EPoC will provide speeds of at least 1 Gbps, but most importantly operate as one and the same network over both fiber and coax, the wireline architecture that is becoming the norm in China. QCA’s Alex Liu, who has been a participant in the task force, expects the standard to be completed before the end of 2014, which in real terms may mean 2015 and deployments in 2016.
EPoC will do very well, he said, outside the States but, he predicted, will not replace the installed base of DOCSIS in the US because EPoC will be used where there are many MDUs such as in Asia.
The IEEE approved 802.3bn’s PAR last August so its development is underway. Broadcom’s Mark Laubach is acting chair of the 802.3bn task force. The technology has attracted wide attention.
Representatives from these companies attended the December 18, 2012 meeting:
Arris (equipment)
Aurora Networks (equipment)
Brighthouse Networks (cableco)
Broadcom (chipmaker)
Comcast (cableco)
Cox (cableco)
Excentis (testing and consulting)
Intel (chipmaker)
Qualcomm (chipmaker)
Rogers Cable (cableco)
ST Micro (chipmaker)
Titan Photonics (equipment)
Please note the number of cablecos (4), chip and box makers (7) and especially the absence of telcos.
Other 802.3bn task force participants are supporters are:
Alcatel-Lucent
Aurora Networks
Cogeco Cable
CableLabs
Dell
Fiberhome Telecommunication
Won Technologies
Harmonic
HP
High Speed Design
Huawei
Neophotonics
PMC-Sierra
Sumitomo Electric Industries
Technical Working Committee of China Radio & TV Association (SARFT)
Wuhan Yangtze Optical Technologies
ZTE
According to the task force, the development of 802.3bn is based on these factors:
- The success of DOCSIS in providing for the growing demand for faster broadband speeds and the need to look beyond that so cablecos can “future-proof” their existing coaxial infrastructure to provide even greater speeds.
- The continued demand for cablecos’ broadband capacity and increasing consumer consumption of broadband-based IP services for residential and, increasingly, business services.
- Worldwide interest and support from cablecos, system vendors, chipmakers and component manufacturers
It said the goal of the project is to optimize the cost balance between the network infrastructure components and attached stations in the cable network. It wants the....
For the complete article go to www.onlinereporter.com
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