Industriens første GPON systemchip
Lantiq introducer ny GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Network) systemchip med integreret optisk kontrolkredsløb (in english).
Lantiq, a leading supplier of broadband access and home networking technologies, has introduced the world`s first GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Network) System-on-Chip (SoC) with integrated optical control circuitry for Optical Network Termination (ONT) applications.
Feature integration on the new FALC ON devices allows GPON ONT manufacturers to reduce Bill of Material (BOM) cost for optical components by up to 40 percent while reducing system power consumption, improving overall robustness of the optical network and reducing the footprint of ONT network equipment.
The power consumption of Lantiq GPON SoC based ONT equipment is 65% below the European Code of Conduct (CoC) requirements for 2011 and is lower than the currently proposed efficiency requirements for 2013. With a chip package-size of just 17 x 17 mm, the devices also enable very small footprint solutions. For example, a FALC ON reference design for a complete SFU (Single Family Unit) with a 1000 Base-T LAN port is smaller than a business card (50 x 80 mm).
- The first ever integration of optical control functions on a GPON system chip is a breakthrough that will enable system vendors to offer the most compact and low-power ONT designs, says Hubert Christl, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Lantiq’s Access Networks Business Unit.
- Expanding our broadband access portfolio with our first GPON single chip SoC solution strengthens Lantiq’s position as a strategic supplier for next generation networks. Combining Lantiq’s R&D expertise in fiber-optics, high-speed networking and network-processing, the FALC ON solution offers competitive and cost saving advantages for ONT equipment vendors and network operators.
Market researchers at Infonetics (Q2 2010) expect more than 46 million GPON FTTH subscribers by 2014 compared to 2.9 million in 2009 and the GPON ONT equipment market is expected to be US $2.5 billion in 2014.
