At present, the development momentum of global optical fiber access is flourishing, and it is widely used in important scenarios such as homes, campuses, cities, and manufacturing. In the field of fiber access, passive optical networks (PON) are the dominant technology of choice to achieve low latency and sustainability, and to meet the growing demand for bandwidth. PON solutions are designed to support bandwidth upgrades while protecting legacy investments to enable coexistence with earlier technologies. Today, 10G PON is being widely deployed, and its main upgrade direction in the future is 50G PON. 50G PON combines all the benefits of PON to future-proof fiber access technology for communications service providers (CSPs) as well as smart city, campus, and enterprise IT managers.

The important role of 50G PON in homes, campuses, and enterprises

Homes

PON is the technology of choice for fiber-to-the-home (FTTH). As bandwidth consumption continues to grow, CSPs are working to provide homes with higher-speed PON solutions, as well as whole-home FTTR (fiber-to-the-room). Although the global 10G PON upgrade is in full swing, it is inevitable that the future will continue to evolve to 50G PON. 50G PON will meet various bandwidth requirements in the future, such as:

The demand for home broadband continues to grow. By 2028, 44% of the world's consumer broadband is expected to have subion rates of 1 Gbps or more, up from just 6% in 2021. Similarly, average broadband speeds will increase from 163 Mbps in 2021 to nearly 1.1 Gbps in 2028.

Smart home services are developing rapidly, and many services, such as professional surveillance, video cloud storage, and smart care for the elderly, require reliable and low-latency broadband.

The number of connected devices in the home continues to grow, and so do their capabilities. High-quality extended reality (XR) requires 1 Gbps of bandwidth and less than 3ms of latency to ensure a high-quality experience.

Many residential users can work from home, and many small and micro businesses are also supporting home operations. Sufficient bandwidth and low latency are essential for cloud applications and high-quality video conferencing, while home networks must support multi-user and multi-activity concurrency. 50G PON can meet the needs of future home connectivity and leverage FTTR to ensure sufficient bandwidth supply for the entire home.

Campuses & Enterprises

Campuses and enterprises of all types and sizes rely on low-latency broadband connectivity and cloud-based applications. Virtualization and artificial intelligence (AI) are enhancing the digital and video collaboration capabilities of employees. Various campus and enterprise environments also put forward requirements for 50G PON, such as:

Education campuses are evolving to smart campuses with digital classrooms and labs. Educators are adopting augmented reality (AR)/virtual reality (VR) applications to simulate learning and real life, which is also accelerating the arrival of the metaverse. The metaverse supports collaboration between students at the same school, at school and with remote access, or between students across geographies and schools. This new immersive education technology requires high bandwidth and low latency. Therefore, 50G PON will become the best choice for smart education parks.

Manufacturing campuses require advanced digital operations to improve yield, operating margins, and quality while reducing resource waste and energy consumption. This type of environment, Industry 4.0, requires an all-optical network to enable rapid movement and management of data between machines, factory floors, control rooms, edges, and the cloud. And 50G PON makes it all possible.

Medical campuses are organized in a complex structure that includes specialized equipment, software, staff, and patients, and spans many facilities in between. The portability and exchange of digital data is the foundation for improving healthcare, and the security of data is also critical. Through the use of advanced digital imaging technology, the level of medical care has been significantly improved. However, medical image sharing and cloud storage require higher bandwidth. This is also driving the demand for 50G PON in medical parks.

Smart cities need a variety of technologies such as AI, machine learning, and computer vision to enable the coordinated operation and real-time adjustment of urban services, assets, and systems, so as to provide a better and safer environment for work, life, and entertainment. Smart cities can bring many benefits, including cleaner air, better traffic management, more efficient government services, lower crime rates, and more. High bandwidth, low latency, and reliable connectivity are the most basic requirements for smart city applications, which are also inseparable from the support of 50G PON.

50G PON & Sustainability

Sustainability is a common goal for CSPs and IT leaders around the world. PON is a sustainable broadband technology based on fiber and point-to-multipoint connectivity, which supports the delivery of multi-user and multi-application services over a single fiber bundle. Higher-rate PON technologies, such as 10G PON, are increasing bandwidth while decreasing the power consumed per gigabit bandwidth. This means that higher bandwidth can be provided with reduced power consumption. This becomes critical as bandwidth demands and access to the number of users, campuses, enterprises, and devices continue to grow. 50G PON is one such future-proof and sustainable fiber broadband technology.

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