Verizon Completes Field Trial of XG-PON Fiber Optic Distribution System

Verizon announced that it has completed a trial of the second XG-PON fiber-optic distribution system. The field trial connected a FIOS customer location with 2.5 Gbps upstream and 10Gbps downstream. The test proved the potential of the FIOS network, which could accommodate a whole range of new and emerging video services.

The tests were conducted in Taunton with a Motorola developed XG-PON system. Motorola supplies GPON and BPON networking equipment to Verizon. The optical network terminal (ONT) obtained a 10/2.5 Gbps feed at the customer’s home and utilized two data communication ports to supply transmission speeds of nearly 1 Gbps. The two ports when combined, delivered an estimated 1.85 Gbps in the cumulative bandwidth.

Tests for a 10 GPON system were designed keeping in mind what two different users would face when they use their computers to download or upload data. Speed tests were also conducted to test their server, which is located in Virginia. Verizon is scheduled to continue testing XG-PON with various other suppliers in the network.

Director of Technology for the FTTP architecture of Verizon, Vincent O'Byrne stated that XG-PON supplied the capacity required to support the bandwidth growth for the future.