PMC-Sierra Announces Second-Generation GPON Devices for Worldwide Fiber To The Home Deployments
September 29 2008 - 5:10AM
Business Wire
PMC-Sierra, Inc. (Nasdaq:PMCS) today announced the availability of
the industry�s most highly integrated GPON devices for Fiber to the
Home (FTTH) deployments. PMC-Sierra�s new GPON System-On-Chip (SoC)
solutions include the PAS7401 GPON ONT, the MSP7162 GPON Gateway
and the PAS5211 four-port GPON OLT. They feature PMC-Sierra�s
GigaPASS� architecture, which is already deployed in more than six
million PON devices and is enhanced for WT-156 compliance. These
devices are PMC-Sierra�s second-generation GPON solutions and
include complete reference designs and software packages; all have
proven interoperability with a wide-range of commercial GPON
systems. �By partnering with PMC-Sierra to supply industry-leading
GPON access equipment, Dasan is able to leverage PMC-Sierra�s
extensive experience based on millions of FTTH field deployments,�
said Dr. Steve Lee, vice president and head of R&D, Dasan
Networks, Inc. �Our partnership enables us to offer
high-performance, low cost triple-play GPON systems based on
field-proven, flexible platforms that can easily meet carriers�
current and future service requirements.� PMC-Sierra�s ONT,
Single-Family Unit (SFU), Multi-Dwelling Unit (MDU) and gateway
reference designs are available for a range of user interfaces,
including Gigabit Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, MoCA, POTS, USB and WiFi
(see Figures 1 � 4). The designs implement advanced power saving
techniques that enable the use of smaller batteries in deployments
where lifeline service is required, and reduce ONT power
consumption to a minimum when not in use, reducing the cost and
increasing the energy efficiency of GPON networks. The GPON OLT
reference design provides complete line card functionality and
implements a very low-latency upstream Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation
(DBA) algorithm, as well as optical supervision features, enabling
higher network efficiency and lower maintenance costs (see Figure
5). �PMC-Sierra�s new SoCs and reference designs enable our
customers to offer GPON products with differentiated network and
power performance at lower cost and shorter time to market,� said
Victor Vaisleib, vice president and general manager of PMC-Sierra�s
FTTH business unit. �This advanced generation of GPON products,
including OLT, ONT and residential gateway devices, achieves all
GPON market requirements for throughput, power consumption and
QoS.� Key Features of PMC-Sierra�s GPON Solutions The PAS7401
integrates a GPON MAC, a VoIP subsystem, an embedded controller and
GigaPASS bridge performing advanced classification, queuing and
filtering, with wire-speed throughput at all packet sizes (see
Figure 6). Advanced power saving modes can lower PON deployment
costs by reducing battery backup unit expenses. The reference
designs come with complete GPON ONT software, featuring GPON
functions, QoS bridging, VoIP, SIP and OMCI. The MSP7162 leverages
the PAS7401 features and adds gigabit-per-second IPv4 or IPv6
routing, Network Address Translation (NAT) and Quality of Service
(QoS) features (see Figure 7). The reference design includes
complete GPON gateway software featuring an RG management
application, GPON functions, bridging, routing, NAT and QoS, WiFi,
VoIP and SIP, and OMCI. The PAS5211 integrates four GPON MACs, a
backplane interface of either one 10Gbit/s port or four 2.5Gbit/s
ports, an embedded controller and a GigaPASS bridge performing
advanced classification, queuing and filtering at line-rate (see
Figure 8). Sophisticated DBA accelerators and embedded optical
supervision cores can lower the network deployment and maintenance
costs. Its high-density OLT line card reference design comes with
complete software, including GPON link management protocols, DBA
algorithm and an API layer that are portable to a variety of
operating system and host processors. PMC-Sierra�s GigaPASS FTTH
Architecture Delivers Wire-Speed Performance As speeds surpass
gigabit-per-second rates, an entirely new design approach is
required in access network equipment, compared with
sub-gigabit/second technologies such as DSL, cable and BPON. The
GigaPASS architecture integrates multiple hardware-based packet
processing engine subsystems to deliver wire-speed packet
processing at all packet sizes, and combines them with a control
processor supporting the Linux operating system and extensible
middleware platforms. Availability and Customer Support The
PAS7401, MSP7162 and PAS5211 are sampling now to PMC-Sierra�s
customers. Reference Designs are also available now to leading GPON
equipment manufacturers. For pricing and delivery information,
contact a PMC-Sierra sales representative at
http://www.pmc-sierra.com/contactSales. A comprehensive support
package, including datasheets and application notes is available at
www.pmc-sierra.com/ftth-pon. About PMC-Sierra�s FTTH Family of
Products PMC-Sierra is the only supplier to support both EPON (IEEE
802.3ah Ethernet in the First Mile) and GPON (ITU-T G.984)
standards. The Company�s gigabit PON products are based on the
robust GigaPASS� FTTH Architecture that achieves sustained gigabit
and greater data rates while providing a powerful 32-bit
programmable processing engine executing the real-time operating
system, middleware, and application-specific firmware required for
high performance FTTH network access functions. PMC-Sierra
system-on-a-chip solutions provide end-to-end gigabit per second
bandwidth solutions linking central office equipment and customer
premise equipment. OLT (optical line terminal) devices connect the
central office to the PON network and ONU (optical network unit) or
ONT (optical network terminal) devices connect customer premises to
the PON network. For more information, visit
www.pmc-sierra.com/ftth-pon. About PMC-Sierra PMC-Sierra� is a
leading provider of broadband communications and storage
semiconductors for metro, access, fiber to the home, wireless
infrastructure, storage, laser printers and fiber access gateway
equipment. PMC-Sierra offers worldwide technical and sales support,
including a network of offices throughout North America, Europe,
Israel and Asia. The company is publicly traded on the NASDAQ Stock
Market under the PMCS symbol. For more information, visit
www.pmc-sierra.com. Attachments: � Figure 1: PAS65800 GPON ONT
reference design - small-size ONT with Ethernet interface Figure 2:
PAS65801 GPON ONT reference design - ONT with Gigabit Ethernet or
Fast Ethernet and POTS interfaces Figure 3: PAS65802 GPON ONT
reference design - ONT with Gigabit Ethernet, MoCA and POTS
Interfaces Figure 4: GPON Gateway reference design Figure 5:
PAS65900 GPON OLT reference design Figure 6: PAS7401 block diagram
Figure 7: MSP7162 block diagram Figure 8: PAS5211 block diagram �
For figures visit:
http://www.pmc-sierra.com/news_room/pdf/second_gen_GPON_figures.pdf
� For photos visit:
http://www.pmc-sierra.com/news_room/images/second_gen_GPON.jpg �
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