Beyond 10Gb/s, the next step will be 50G-PON

Frank EffenbergerRapporteur, ITU-T Q2/15 – Optical Systems for Fiber Access NetworksFellow IEEE, OSA, and Futurewei
One of the most remarkable trends in optical network in recent years has been the rapid replacement of copper access with fiber. The vast majority of these new fiber optic access networks are built using passive optical network (PON) topologies, and to date, more than 700 million subscribers worldwide are enabled by PON-based technologies for high-speed broadband services. Gi