Broadcom Introduces First Commercial PON OLT Silicon for XGS-PON and NGPON-2 Protocols
October 17 2016 - 4:00AM
Broadband World Forum 2016 - Broadcom
Ltd (NASDAQ:AVGO), a global innovation leader in semiconductor
solutions for wired and wireless communications, today introduced
the industry's first commercially-available PON OLT devices with
support for the recently ratified ITU G.9807.1 XGS-PON and G.989
NGPON-2 protocols. By adding support for these critical new
protocols, operators will enjoy the benefits of an open, commercial
solution, speeding time to market for symmetric 10Gbps broadband
services.
Broadcom's BCM68620 is the first commercially-available OLT
silicon for the recently ratified ITU G.9807.1 XGS-PON protocol,
and will offer the industry's first support for the ITU G.989
NGPON-2 protocol. Including its additional support for the
widely-deployed G.984 2 GPON and IEEE 802.3ah 1G EPON, as well as
the IEEE 802.3av 10G EPON protocol, the BCM68620 is the most
comprehensive PON OLT development platform on the market
today.
Broadcom's multi-mode BCM68620 system-on-a-chip (SoC)
integrates support for both existing and next-generation fiber
technologies1 under a common application programming interface
(API), to enable a unified system software design that can be
applied to all PON protocols supported by a system manufacturer.
The new support for XGS-PON and NGPON2 fall under this same API
umbrella, offering excellent software re-use to existing BCM68620
customers as they easily expand their PON portfolio with line cards
dedicated to these new protocols.
“Broadcom heard operators’ need for support of the new XGS-PON
and NGPON2 standards in commercial silicon, and OEM requirements
for simplified development, and we responded,” said Greg
Fischer, senior vice president and general manager, Broadband
Carrier Access, Broadcom. “Built on our proven PON
OLT technologies, the updated BCM68620 family offers the
industry’s only silicon platform with support for all the PON
protocols ratified and shipping in volume by operators
worldwide.”
“We are encouraged by Broadcom's aggressive investment in
next-generation PON technologies," said Dr. Shen Chengbin, senior
director, Shanghai Research Institute at China Telecom Corporation
Limited. “With early support for the new XGS-PON protocol, Broadcom
is providing us with an opportunity to deliver exciting new
services to the China market.”
In combination with the new BCM68580 10Gigabit PON ONU
solutions, also supporting XGS-PON and NGPON2, Broadcom is now the
only vendor with an end-to-end commercial solution for all
commercially viable PON technologies.
Key Features of the BCM68620 SoC
- First commercially-available PON OLT solution for the new
XGS-PON and NGPON2 protocols
- Broadcom-designed, high-performance PON and 10G-PON burst-mode
SerDes
- Integrated SerDes for glue-less chip-to-chip or backplane
(10GKR) interconnect
- High-performance embedded engines for dynamic bandwidth
allocation and device management
Availability Broadcom's BCM68620 family is
currently sampling. Broadcom will be demonstrating the
solution at Broadband World
Forum in London, October 18-20, 2016, Meeting
Room #36.
Resources 1 Next-generation technologies
include EPON, GPON, XGPON1, XGS-PON, NGPON2 and 10G EPON
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