FTTH has enjoyed worldwide deployments since the mid 2000s. The main technology for FTTH today is TDM PON, but in the future this may migrate to other technologies such as WDM PON, OFDM PON, and advanced modulation. In this paper, we first review the FTTH standards development and then discuss the migration of the last-mile fiber networks beyond FTTH – the extension of fiber network infrastructure from access networks to home networking, related architectures, technologies, as well as applications.
Keywords: FTTH, Fiber in the Home, TDM PON, WDM PON, POF, M-PAM