IEEE approves EPON's new standard to reduce fiber deployment costs

News, IEEE has approved the new EPON standard IEEE 802.
3bk
for higher density and longer transmission distance.
The full title of the standard is "Revised Standards for Ethernet: Physical Layer Specifications and Management Parameters for Adapting to Extended EPON"
.

With the popularity of EPON, the improvement of EPON standards is also on the agenda
.
These improvements include the deployment of EPON in rural areas with low user density, increased user density per port of central office equipment, sharing existing links among users with high concentration, and serving users who exceed the transmission distance specified by the original standard
.
IEEE 802.
3bk corrects the original IEEE 802.
3 Ethernet standard
for these issues.
In addition to extending transmission distances and reducing per-user costs, the new standard also aims to reduce central office equipment submissions and power consumption per user, reduce fiber deployment costs, and increase user density
per central office.

Marek Hajduczenia, chair of the IEEE 802.
3bk Working Group, said that as operators around the world look to build higher density and more cost-effective access networks, they also face the challenge
of providing mobile backhaul and serving customers in remote areas.
The development of the IEEE 802.
3bk standard is an open, market-driven process
.
The new standard will allow EPON to support higher users and longer transmission distances
.