General Engineering Acronyms
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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 |
FttD | - | Fiber To The Desk |
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 |
POL | - | Passive Optical LAN |
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.