GPON

Special Topic 13 GPON Reference Standards and Protocols

13 GPON Reference Standards and

Protocols

The reference standards and protocols of the GPON feature are as follows:

Standard No. Description

ITU-T G.984.1 General Characteristics. This protocol

mainly describes the basic features and
major protection modes of GPON.

ITU-T G.984.2 Physical Media Dependent (PMD) Layer

Specification. This protocol mainly
describes the PMD layer parameters,
including physical parameters (such as the
transmit optical power, receiver sensitivity,
and overload optical power) of optical
transceivers, and also defines optical budget
of different levels, for example, the most
common Class B+.

ITU-T G.984.3 Transmission Convergence Layer

Specification. This protocol mainly
describes the TC layer specifications,
including the upstream and downstream
frame structures and GPON principle.

ITU-T G.984.4 ONT Management And Control Interface

Specification. This protocol mainly
describes the GPON management and
maintenance protocols, such as OAM,
PLOAM, and OMCI.

ITU-T G.984.5 Enhancement Band. This protocol mainly

describes the GPON wavelength planning,
including reserving bands for next-
generation PON.

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Special Topic 13 GPON Reference Standards and Protocols

Standard No. Description

ITU-T G.984.6 Reach Extension. This protocol mainly

describes several long reach PON schemes
for extending GPON transmission distance.

ITU-T G.988 ONU management and control interface

(OMCI) specification.

TR-156 Using GPON Access in the context of

TR-101.

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