Defining Your FTTH Network | Corning

Whether you are deploying RFoG, GPON, EPON, or looking forward to next-generation PON technologies, all can be accomplished with either a home run, centralized split, or distributed split architecture. With all, you should consider factors such as distance from the central office, future upgradability, OLT port efficiency, and total cost of ownership. Here you can see what these networks look like and what types of products are typically found in each.

• Typically deployed to subscribers within five miles of central office in conjunction with centralised split and distributed split architectures
• Home run architectures offer dedicated fiber from CO/HE to each subscriber with no splitters in the field, resulting in the most fiber-rich network architecture

• Gaining popularity in the United States based on widespread success in Latin America and Europe
• By distributing or cascading splits in two or more field locations, the physical size of products in the field can shrink in size as the ports at each location are shared until the last access point. This is the most fiber-lean network architecture shown

• Most common architecture deployed in the United States and Canada
• A single, centralised location for housing splitters in the field optimises OLT ports while leaning out the feeder network