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Passive Optical Network
| AON | - | Active Optical Network |
| APON | - | ATM Passive Optical Network [same as ATM-PON] |
| ATM-PON | - | ATM PON [same as BPON] |
| BPON | - | Broadband Passive Optical Network |
| CPE | - | Customer Premises Equipment |
| DBA | - | Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation |
| DOCSIS | - | Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification |
| EFN | - | Ethernet in the First Mile |
| EPON | - | Ethernet PON |
| FSAN | - | Full Service Access Network |
| FTTC | - | Fiber To The Curb |
| FTTN | - | Fiber To The Node |
| FTTP | - | Fiber To The Premises |
| GbE | - | Gigabit Ethernet |
| GE-PON | - | Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network |
| GEPON | - | Gigabit Ethernet PON |
| GPON | - | Gigibit PON |
| HFC | - | Hybrid Fiber Coaxial |
| HFC-PON | - | Hybrid-Fiber-Coax PON |
| OAN | - | Optical Access Network |
| OCn | - | Optical Carrier |
| ODN | - | Optical Distribution Network |
| OEC | - | Optical Electrical Converter |
| ONT | - | Optical Network Terminal [ITU-T] |
| ONU | - | Optical Network Unit [IEEE] |
| OLT | - | Optical Line Terminal |
| OLT | - | Optical Line Termination |
| OLT | - | Optical Line Terminal |
| PMD | - | Physical Medium Dependent |
| PON | - | Passive Optical Network |
| RFoG | - | RF over Glass |
| RF-PON | - | Radio Frequency PON |
| TDM-PON | - | Time Domain Multiplexing PON |
| UNI | - | User Network Interface |
| WDM-PON | - | Wavelength Division Multiplexing PON |
PON standards, the IEEE 802.3ah; Ethernet in the First Mile standard and the ITU-T G.984; GPON standard.
Protocol Acronyms, or Protocol Definitions, or Networking Acronyms
