In recent years, there has been an uptick in the momentum to provide fiber to the premises (FTTP) solutions in the cable industry. While optical technologies have long been a part of the cable network, FTTP is being considered more for the access network. For FTTP, the premises can be a subscriber’s home, a commercial location, a campus environment, a multi-dwelling unit (MDU), and other locations.
Over the past couple of decades, operators have embraced the passive optical network (PON) technology for their fiber-based access network implementations. The point-to-multipoint topology of PON lends itself nicely to the current and future designs of the cable network.