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PON CPE Aspects
CPE’s (a.k.a. ONU’s or ONT’s) are an
integral part of the PON architecture
Special functionality
Media Access Control
Burst-mode lasers
High optical power
Encryption
High speed (needs to support PON line rate)
makes PON-CPE’s inherently more expensive than native Ethernet
CPE’s
Multi-vendor interoperability left for the future
Typically deployed and owned by the Service Provider as corrupt
CPE’s can impact the traffic of other customers and compromise
security
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